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| Parts of the UK's airspace are at risk of closure from Sunday because of volcanic activity in Iceland, the Department for Transport has said. | Parts of the UK's airspace are at risk of closure from Sunday because of volcanic activity in Iceland, the Department for Transport has said. |
| Disruption could affect some of the UK's busiest airports in south-east England until Tuesday, it warned. | Disruption could affect some of the UK's busiest airports in south-east England until Tuesday, it warned. |
| Transport Secretary Philip Hammond said passenger safety was the government's top priority. | Transport Secretary Philip Hammond said passenger safety was the government's top priority. |
| Ash from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano caused disruption to thousands of flights during April. | Ash from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano caused disruption to thousands of flights during April. |
| Clouds of volcanic ash have continued to drift over Europe since, causing airport closures, flight delays and cancellations. | |
| Prediction charts | |
| In the past week, several airports in southern Europe were forced to close and flights were re-routed. | |
| Ministers have agreed on Saturday that five-day ash prediction charts would be made available on the Met Office website. | |
| "Within this timeframe, different parts of UK airspace - including airspace in the South East - are likely to be closed at different times," the Department of Transport said in a statement. | |
| Previous forecasts were only given for the following 18 hours. | |
| The statement stressed that the charts will be based on assumptions about future volcanic activity and prevailing weather conditions, and will remain tentative. | |
| Nats, the UK's air traffic services provider, will announce any airspace restrictions if they become necessary and passengers are advised to check with their airlines before travelling to the airport, it said. |