An emergency meeting of ministers will decide today if Britain should reopen its airspace after the Navy was put on standby to rescue holidaymakers stranded by the volcanic ash cloud
An emergency meeting of ministers will decide today if Britain should reopen its airspace after the Navy was put on standby to rescue holidaymakers stranded by the volcanic ash cloudLast night the air traffic control company Nats announced that UK airspace would remain closed until at least 7pm today.
Major airlines carried out test flights in order to pressure authorities to lift the ongoing flight ban.
The Association of European Airlines, whose 36 members include British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, called for an "immediate reassessment" of restrictions after test flights reported no damage from the dust. It said the ban on flights covering more than 20 countries did not match the response to volcanic ash in other parts of the world.
