[Gocamino] BBC: Spain to close 15 airports due to a cloud of ash

[Tim]

Hi,
    You had better add to that Biarritz, I'm not sure about Pau or 
Bordeaux yet but will update as and when I do know.  Might be worth 
checking though if you are due to be flying into either of them and also 
maybe Toulouse.
Tim

Sil wrote:
> Spain is to close 15 airports as a cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano
> drifts south over Western Europe.  National airport management agency Aena
> said nine airports were already closed and six more would shut from 1200
> local time (1000 GMT).
> Aena said the airports affected were Bilbao, San Sebastian, Vitoria,
> Zaragoza, Pamplona, La Rioja, Santiago, A Coruna, Vigo, Asturias, Santander,
> Leon, Valladolid, Burgos and Salamanca.
> The restrictions would be in place until at least 1800, Aena said
> Most flights between Europe and North America are being diverted because of
> the ash cloud's latest drifting, officials at Eurocontrol said.
> Flights are being rerouted north and south of the 1,200 mile (2,000km)
> cloud.
> On average, 600 airliners make the Atlantic crossing every day,
> correspondents say.
> Aena said the airports affected were Bilbao, San Sebastian, Vitoria,
> Zaragoza, Pamplona, La Rioja, Santiago, A Coruna, Vigo, Asturias, Santander,
> Leon, Valladolid, Burgos and Salamanca.
> Eurocontrol, the agency that co-ordinates aviation safety in Europe, said
> airports were also expected to close in northern Portugal and parts of
> southern France.
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