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Flights resume to Scots islands | |
(about 5 hours later) | |
Flights over remote parts of Scotland have resumed following disruption caused by a fresh cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland. | |
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) shut the airspace over the Hebrides at 1800 BST on Monday but reopened shortly after 1300 BST. | |
Parts of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland were also affected. | |
The Met Office has warned of the possibility of more ash drifting over parts of Scotland later. | |
The CAA said amounts of ash in the atmosphere had declined to levels where engine manufacturers agreed flight operations were safe, allowing the airspace to be reopened. | |
Air traffic control body Nats said there would be a small no-fly zone in the northwest corner of UK airspace, but this was unlikely to have an impact on flights. | |
Could resume | |
Flights to and from the west coast islands of Tiree, Islay, Barra and Benbecula, and Campbeltown on the Kintyre peninsula, were suspended earlier. | |
On its website, Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) said all its airports were open for business and all flights to and from the islands would resume from 1300 BST. | |
HIAL urged travellers to check with airlines for the latest information on arrivals and departures. | |
Airline Loganair said four of its services between Glasgow and Islay and Campbeltown were cancelled earlier, but flights from Glasgow to Benbecula, Tiree and Stornoway could resume later. | |
Last month, tens of thousands of Britons faced delays or were stranded abroad when a large part of European airspace was closed by the eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano. | Last month, tens of thousands of Britons faced delays or were stranded abroad when a large part of European airspace was closed by the eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano. |