Volcanic ash cloud and European travel – live blog

April 17, 2010 By 23 Comments

We have restarted the live blogging of disruption to European flights as a result of ash from the Icelandic volcano.

This was Tnooz’s live blogging of the extraordinary impact on the travel industry following the spread of the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud.

We had a live feed of updates from airlines and airports affected, as well as news from government authorities, weather services and coverage on the web.

The live blog ran from Thursday 15 to Tuesday 20 April 2010.

Additional content is available below the live blogging module.

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Comments

  1. Happy Hotelier says:
    April 16, 2010 at 11:57 am

    Hat tip to Tnooz 24/7 effort:-)

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  2. Kevin Trill says:
    April 18, 2010 at 2:12 pm

    This is great, one place to see what is going on. Please keep it going for as long as you can.

    Many thanks

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  3. Bruce Martin says:
    April 18, 2010 at 3:01 pm

    Associated Press at 19:30 BST: EU says half of normal flights may run Monday http://bit.ly/9hf4w9

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