European Air Travel update – Current airport closures and more details
Current situation of the European Airport closures due to volcanic ash clouds erupting from Eyjaffjoll volcano in Iceland.
UK airspace closure was extended till 1800UTC.
Apparently the ash cloud which was expected to come back over Northern England at around 1000 returned earlier.
This forced Manchester Airport to cancel its planned open window between 0400-1000.
Ireland airspace is currently closed too.
Latest Met Office Volcanic Ash Advisory.
RyanAir has announced that it will be suspending all flights to/from some airports till Monday CET, which includes Milan Bergamo.
Air France has planned a number of 777-300ER operated long haul flights to Tolouse and Nice. However the viable operation of these flights are still uncertain due to the prevailing weather conditions.
Rest of the closed airspace, which includes a majority of European countries, still remains closed.
Reportedly the craters of the volcano have gotten a bit larger.
Next Eurocontrol teleconference is due today
Next VAAC update is due no later than 0615Z
Status by CFMU released at 1900Z 16th Apr ( Notice that some airspaces have extended these closure times, as mentioned above )
AIRSPACES ZERO-RATED UNTIL…
(AERODROMES GEOGRAPHICALLY
LOCATED
WITHIN THESE AIRSPACES WILL BE
UNAVAILABLE)
.
BELGIUM: 17-1000Z
DENMARK: 17-0600Z
ESTONIA: 17-0600Z
FINLAND: 17-1200Z
FRANCE – REIMS ACC: 17-0600Z
FRANCE – PARIS ACC: 17-0600Z
FRANCE – BREST-NORTH SECTORS:
17-0600Z
GERMANY – LANGEN AND
DUSSELDORF: 17-0600Z
GERMANY – KARLSRUHE:
17-0600Z
GERMANY – BREMEN: 17-0600Z
GERMANY – MUNICH-NORTH/EAST:
17-0600Z
GERMANY – FRANKFURT AIRSPACE
17-0600Z
MAASTRICHT UAC: 17-0000Z
NETHERLANDS: 16-2200Z
NORWAY ENBD LIMITED
AVAILABILTY/CONTACT FMP FOR
DETAILS
POLAND NORTH: 17-0000Z
POLAND SOUTH: 17-0000Z
SWEDEN: 17-0600Z
CZHEC REPUBLIC : 17-0600Z
BRATISLAVA : 18-0000Z
AUSTRIA : FROM 16-1700Z -
17-0000Z
SWISS : FROM 16-2200Z -
17-0700Z
HUNGARY : FROM 16-1700 -
17-1700
ROUMANIA : FROM 16-2100Z -
17-0000Z
.
LSZH NO DIVERSIONS AVAILABLE
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A summarized and frequently updated table of airport closure would be very useful. Indication of update time is also needed. THX.
Noticed. Thanks. Info is currently unavailable. Eurocontrol teleconference began at 0630Z. Latest met forecast shows a slight improvement anyway.
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