Ash Cloud News
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EasyJet Plc, Europe’s No. 2 discount carrier, plans to create an artificial ash cloud with partners Airbus SAS and Nicarnica Aviation in August to trial a detection system designed to help jets avoid volcanic dust.
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Mount Tongariro, a volcano in New Zealand’s North Island, erupted for the first time in 115 years, creating an ash cloud that closed roads and disrupted regional air travel before moving off the coast.
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The volcanic ash cloud that’s closed European airports for two weeks out of the past five is changing travel habits, leading to a surge in rail and ferry bookings.
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Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise, the state-owned carrier, said some of its flights had been disrupted by an ash cloud from a volcanic eruption in neighboring Eritrea.
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Djibouti closed its airspace and the main airport yesterday because of an ash cloud emitted by an erupting volcano in neighboring Eritrea, La Nation reported, citing the Horn of Africa nation’s aviation authority.
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The volcanic ash cloud that shut down U.K. airspace for six days last month may have cost the travel industry more than 1 billion pounds ($1.5 billion), according to Peter Long , the head of tour operator TUI Travel Plc .
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The United Nations Security Council officials postponed their visit to Congo because of the volcanic ash cloud, a UN spokesman said.
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Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., Hong Kong’s biggest carrier, said it will take weeks for European air services to return to normal following disruptions caused by a cloud of volcanic ash.
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President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were among the leaders who canceled plans to attend the funeral of Polish President Lech Kaczynski because of the volcanic ash cloud that has hindered air travel across Europe.
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Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. said it will delay more flights to Europe from Hong Kong because of volcanic ash cloud over the continent.
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