"Desafio Extremo" Spanish TV Team chroniques from Iceland

The "Desafio Extremo" team from Cuatro Spanish TV was rescued "last minute" from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano last 14th of April. They remain in the area flying over the volcanoes daily to offer their exclusive chroniques.

You can read the latest info (in Spanish) here.

Info about the Volcanoes

You can find more info about what's going on with the Iceland Volcanoes here

60% of European flights expected to operate today

A small number of flights have taken off in northern Europe after five days of inactivity caused by the spread of volcanic ash from Iceland.

The Eurocontrol air traffic agency says it expects up to 60% of flights over Europe to go ahead on Tuesday.

Planes have been departing from Paris, Amsterdam and Frankfurt among others - though many flights are still grounded.

A new ash cloud spreading from Iceland has meant that most of UK airspace, including London, remains closed. Other closed airspaces are Norway, Denmark, west of Ireland and south of Sweden.

The UK's air traffic control authority, Nats, says it is unlikely that the main airports in London will reopen on Tuesday.

Swiss and northern Italian airspace has reopened. The Swiss authorities said test flights had shown a considerable reduction in the amount of ash in the atmosphere and posed no threat to passenger safety.

Flights have resumed out of Paris' Charles de Gaulle and Orly airport, which are operating at about 30% capacity.

The skies over Germany are to remain closed until 1800 GMT, with some exceptions.

The German carrier, Lufthansa, says it is planning about 200 flights on Tuesday, taking advantage of special permission to fly visually rather than relying on instruments and keeping in constant touch with air traffic controllers.

In Spain, where all airports were open this morning, the government has offered to let Britain and other European countries use its airports as stopovers to get passengers moving again.

Sources: BBC, Met Office and Eurocontrol

Latest highlights regarding problems for air travel

Here are the latest highlights regarding problems for air travel caused by the volcanic eruption in Iceland:

1.-UK airspace will "progressively open" Tuesday, the United Kingdom's air traffic control service said. Britain's Manchester Airport will reopen at 9 a.m. Tuesday unless there is a deterioration in conditions, the agency said

2.- British Airways will aim to resume some flights into and out of London's airports beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday "following the proposed reopening of UK and European airspace by the aviation authorities."

3.- Airports north of a line from Nantes to Nice in France will undergo "a partial reopening," French officials said. Air corridors will be opened between Paris and the airports of the south, including Bordeaux-Paris, Toulouse-Paris, Marseilles, Paris and Nice from 8 a.m. Tuesday. Lyon's airport will open Monday night.

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Volcanic ash cloud updated

Eurocontrol expects 70% of the European flights to be cancelled

EUROCONTROL expects between 8,000-9,000 flights to take place today in European airspace. On a normal Monday, they would expect 28,000.

South of Europe is mostly open (Spain, Portugal, parts of Italy and France, Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey) and some areas of the North (Norway and Sweden)

UK sends in navy to help ash cloud crisis

According with CNN info posted 2h ago, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said this morning that the UK is sending Royal Navy vessels to bring home travelers stranded by the ash cloud disruption.

Read further info here

Last British Airways info

All British Airways flights to and from London airports are cancelled on Monday 19 April.

You can check the info of your British Airways flight here

Carpool in Europe

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Good luck!

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If you're stucked at an airport due the volcano ash cloud

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