Airports in Scotland, Northern England re-open

The first flights from Edinburgh and Glasgow both headed for Stornaway after 7:00 a.m. local time (0600 GMT) after airports in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen in Scotland and Newcastle in Northern England reopened.

The first international flight from Glasgow was due to depart at midday going to Reykjavik, Iceland, but was canceled.

A flight from Aberdeen to Newcastle is set to depart at 8:30 local time (0730 GMT). Flights from Newcastle are expected to head to Aberdeen and the Isle of Man.

Belfast airport said it expected no flights during the morning except those heading for the Isle of Man.

In a statement, the National Air Traffic Control Service said that passengers could face further setbacks after warnings that a "new ash cloud" was heading to Britain from an Icelandic volcano. "The volcano eruption in Iceland has strengthened and a new ash cloud is spreading south and east towards the UK."

"This demonstrates the dynamic and rapidly changing conditions in which we are working," the statement said.

Other airspace over England is expected to open from 13:00 local time (1200 GMT), but not including the main London airports.

British Airways has canceled all of its short-haul flights scheduled for Tuesday. But the airlines said it hoped to run long-haul flights scheduled to depart after 16:00 local time (1500 GMT), depending on a "full and permanent" opening of airspace.

Schedules are constantly changing and passengers were advised not to travel to the airports until they had checked with their airline or tour operator.

Source: People's Daily.
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