Some Spanish airports opened and Italy closes the north

North of Italy is closed to air traffic today until, minimum, 2pm due the ashes cloud from Eyjafjalla volcano. Only Venecia, Trieste and Rimini keep opened.

Airports in the Milan area are unavailable due to airspace closures until midday, and Pisa and Florence airports are also closed. During the day, it is expected that the area affected by the ash cloud will shrink and most of the airports that are currently closed are expected to open later.

Most Spanish airports are opened but A Coruña, Santiago de Compostela, Vigo and Salamanca remain closed.

4pm AENA update: The evolution of the volcanic ash cloud forces to close the airports of Asturias, Santander, Bilbao, Salamanca, Valladolid, Leon and Burgos starting at 4:00pm today. The airports of Santiago, A Coruña and Vigo reopen at 5:00pm. The rest of the AENA airports operates normally.

More updated info: http://twitter.com/eurocontrol