26 flights between the UK and Spain were cancelled on Tuesday

26 flights between the UK and Spain were cancelled on Tuesday, because of the ash cloud from the new eruption of the ‘Grimsvotn’ Icelandic volcano.

The Ministry for Development is meeting with technicians from AENA, the Spanish Airports Authority, to discuss the effects on Spanish air space.

The ash cloud is over Scotland and Northern Ireland today, and by tonight will also cover the south of the Scandinavian peninsular, Denmark and parts of the north of Germany. This morning, Wednesday, Denmark, Norway, Sweden Finland and Germany are the most affected.

Eurocontrol has said that the ash could ‘possibly’ move south, to reach France and Spain, maybe on Thursday, although they admitted it is difficult to forecast. Latest forecasts on Wednesday seem to indicate that Spain could escape.

Michael o’Leary, Chairman of Ryanair, said they had flown a plane through the cloud, and that it is a myth. He said his airlines cancellations are fruit of ‘bureaucratic inefficiency’, and described Met. Office charts as ‘rubbish’.

Meanwhile Barcelona flew to London on Tuesday night, two days early, just in case there are problems later on from the ash cloud ahead of the Champions League Final against Manchester United on Saturday.

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