Airspace closures and re-opening times
AIR traffic remains seriously disrupted across Europe as a cloud of ash released from Iceland’s volcanic eruption continues to ground flights.
The following is a list airspace closures and re-opening times
- Austria to reopen its airspace at 0400 GMT Monday if conditions allow.
- Belgium extended the closing its airspace until 1800 GMT Sunday but indicated it could authorise resuming some flights depending on safety conditions.
- Bosnia’s airspace closed until further notice.
- Britain extends flight ban in its airspace until 0600 GMT Monday.
- Bulgarian airspace partially reopened from 1100 GMT Sunday.
- Croatia extended closure of airspace to the whole country overnight.
- Czech Republic airspace closed until at least 1000 GMT Monday.
- Danish airspace will remain closed until at least 0600 GMT Monday.
- Estonian airspace closed until at least 1200 GMT Sunday.
- Finland grounded all commercial flights grounded until 1200 GMT Sunday.
- In France, several airports reopened in the south, including Nice, Marseille, Bordeaux and Toulouse, but the rest are closed until at least Monday at 1300 GMT.
- Germany re-opens six airports temporarily.
- Hungarian airspace closed until 1000 GMT Monday.
- Iceland’s Airports remain open.
- Ireland’s airspace closed until 1200 GMT Monday.
- Airspace across northern Italy closed until 0600 GMT on Monday.
- Dutch airspace will remain closed until at least 1800 GMT on Sunday.
- Norway has opened up some airspace.
- All Polish airspace closed until further notice, forcing many foreign leaders to cancel their attendance at the state funeral of president Lech Kaczynski, killed in an air crash in Russia eight days ago.
- Romania reopened its airspace for transiting overflights from 0900 GMT on Sunday, but take-offs and landings at its airports remain suspended.
- Russia’s airports remain open.
- Airspace over Serbia and Montenegro closed from 1600 GMT Saturday until further notice.
- Slovakian airspace closed until 2159 GMT Sunday.
- Slovenia closed airspace until further notice.
- All airports in northern Spain that were closed today due to volcanic ash have been reopened. Madrid not affected.
- Some airspace open in Sweden but few commercial flights allowed to fly.
- Switzerland extended a ban on commercial flights at its airports until Monday at 1200 GMT. Overflights at altitudes over 11,000 metres allowed.
- Ukraine’s Kiev airport reopened and operating normally.