Saturday, May 8, 2010

Spain closes 15 airports due to volcanic ash

Fifteen airports in northern Spain are closed today because of the ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano, Spain's airport and air traffic authority Aena announced.
"The movement of the volcanic ash cloud coming from Iceland has forced us to close starting at noon the airports in Bilbao, San Sebastian, Vitoria, Saragossa, Pamplona and La Rioja," Aena said in a statement.
Nine other airports in northern Spain which were already shut down due to the volcanic ash.
The airports will remain closed until at least 6 pm (1600 GMT) Saturday, Aena said.

The cloud is moving towards Catalonia now and if nothing changes, Barcelona, Girona, Reus and Sabadell airport will close by 2pm today.

More info of the flights: www.aena.es

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