News Update: First European Airports Reopen to Restricted Traffic
Britain have sent their warships across the English Channel on Monday to save Britons that got stranded due to the volcanic ash cloud, wire services reported, at the same time as a few small European airports returned to business and airline officials blasted extensive closures that they said were over obsessive and costing airlines “at least $200 million a day.”
The head of the International Air Transport Association stated that European authorities have responded to the catastrophe originated by a volcano erupting in Iceland with “no risk assessment, no consultation, no coordination, and no leadership.”
Giovanni Bisignani of IATA’s director general and chief executive have stated that:
“Governments must place greater urgency and focus on how and when we can safely reopen Europe’s skies,”. He added, “This crisis is costing airlines at least $200 million a day in lost revenues and the European economy is suffering billions of dollars in lost business”
The Associated Press (AP) has reported that airports in Portugal, Spain, the Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey returned to business for flights on Monday. But officials in Britain, France, Germany, and the Netherlands are not yet able to do the same.
Italy briefly lifted margins in the north, and then swiftly closed down again after conditions aggravated Monday, added by AP. Britain stated that it will keep flight restrictions on through early Tuesday.
Eurocontrol, the air traffic agency in Brussels, said less than one-third of flights in Europe were taking off Monday – around 8,000 and 9,000 of the continent’s 28,000 planned flights.
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