Iceland Volcano Erupts Affecting Travel to/from Scotland

The resulting ash cloud from the Grimsvotn volcano reached Scottish air space today and could affect other parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland later this week, according to Britain's Civil Aviation Authority. British Airways suspended all its flights for Tuesday morning between London and Scotland, and Dutch carrier KLM canceled more than a dozen flights to and from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen Scotland and northern England.  Aer Lingus, Easyjet, Logan Air, Ryanair and Eastern Airways have also cancelled flights. 

Last year, on Thursday April 15, 2010,  the Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption in Iceland pumped out a huge cloud of ash that forced the cancellation of at least 70,000 flights, stranding 10 million travelers at airports around the world and grinding sectors of Europe's economy to a halt.  The havoc wreaked by a ash-spouting volcano in Iceland has forced many travelers worldwide to read the fine print in their Travel Insurance Policies. See Volcano Eruptsion and Travel Insurance article.

The U.K. Civil Aviation Authority said that new arrangements put in place since last year’s volcanic eruption and ash cloud would ensure high levels of public safety while helping to limit any disruption in the event that volcanic ash reaches U.K. airspace this week.

For more information, visit www.caa.co.uk, www.eurocontrol.int, www.ba.comor www.aerlingus.com,.

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