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UK airports have reopened after volcanic ash risk
Date: 06 May 2010 09:10 Source: BBCAirports across the UK have started to operate again after the latest closures due to volcanic ash from Iceland, air traffic controllers have said.
Flights were grounded overnight in Northern Ireland, western Scotland and the far south-west of England.
But the ash cloud moved west overnight and has cleared UK airspace, air traffic controller, Nats, said.
This latest disruption started on Monday, and has confused many air travellers as authorities repeatedly closed, then reopened, airports.
It is understood all airfields in Northern Ireland, including Belfast, plus Islay, Campbeltown, Ronaldsway, Lands End and the Isles of Scilly were taken out of the no-fly zone at 0700 BST on Thursday.
At 0100 BST, Glasgow reopened and planes took to the skies again in Edinburgh on Wednesday evening.
The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) said airports in the Irish Republic were due to begin reopening at 0400 BST.
According to latest information from the Met Office, from 0700 today all UK airfields will be available.
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