Yerevan-London flights conducted as scheduled

To date Yerevan-London-Yerevan flights are conducted according to timetable, as ash cloud covered only a part of Scotland and Northern Ireland, representative of British Midland International Yerevan office Erik Gyulazyan told news.am.
He assured there is no ground for concern, as Heathrow airport experiences no landing difficulties. Asked whether, British Midland International incurred losses as a result of canceled flights due to Icelandic volcano eruption, Gyulazyan replied that no precise data is available, as the calculations are underway.
Armavia Air Company press secretary Nana Avetisova informed news.am that company has not made such calculations yet.
Eyjafjallajokull volcano, 150 km from Reykjavik, started erupting on March 20, 2010.
April 14 eruption closed major part of Europe’s airspace that also affected Armenia.

Source: news.am

Global Fallout: Iceland volcano 3,000 miles away affecting Armenia

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By Siranuysh Gevorgyan

ArmeniaNow reporter

Armenia is among countries whose airline traffic has been affected by an Iceland volcano eruption that shut down travel for several days across Europe.

British Midland International (BMI) cancelled Yerevan-London-Yerevan flights and Armavia shut down Yerevan-Paris-Yerevan, Yerevan-Zurich-Yerevan, Yerevan-Amsterdam-Yerevan, Yerevan-Odessa-Yerevan flights. On Monday, April 19, the flights to Prague, Vienna, Athens and Perm were also canceled.

Due to European delays in air traffic, even an international conference scheduled on Tuesday by the Civilitas foundation is also postponed, because the main participant of the even has not managed to fly to Yerevan.

Levon Vardanyan, Head of Haypethydromet, told ArmeniaNow that they yet could not provide any information whether the volcanic ash will reach Armenia.

“We have not had such an experience before, that is why we do not have an opportunity to examine this case now. This is the first time that the volcanic ash is spread so widely, and we do not know what will happen tomorrow,” Vardanyan says.

Source: armenianow.com

Yerevan-London flight suspended

Yerevan-London flight was suspended due to volcano eruption in the south of Iceland, news.am was informed in Zvartnots airport. The flights are not canceled but indefinitely delayed.
Volcanic ash cloud forced UK to close airspace in the territory of the country until Friday morning, BBC reports. Flights were also canceled in northern Sweden, Finland and Norway.
The eruption of Eyjafjallajokull volcano started on Wednesday, April 14. Earlier, about 800 people were evacuated from disaster area.

Source: news.am