Dust has yet to settle for air travellers

FASTEN your seat belts – the threat to air travel from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland is likely to remain for the summer months, according to the Irish Aviation Authority.

“We’re probably facing a summer of uncertainty due to this ash cloud,” said Eamonn Brennan, chief executive of the IAA.

North-easterly winds over the volcano “can blow ash over Ireland and disrupt air traffic there in the days to come,” said Helga Ivarsdottir, a meteorologist at the Icelandic Met Office. “The forecast for the end of the week and early next week indicates a stronger wind, which can have a greater effect.”