Aer Lingus: Airspace closure 'unjustified'

Aer Lingus today called on the European Union to urgently revise the procedures used to predict volcanic ash concentrations, as further closures of airspace are threatened across Ireland and the UK.

Aer Lingus: Airspace closure 'unjustified'

Aer Lingus today called on the European Union to urgently revise the procedures used to predict volcanic ash concentrations, as further closures of airspace are threatened across Ireland and the UK.

The airline said that decisions to close airspace on May 9 which disrupted millions of passengers all over Europe, were based on “theoretical” models to predict ash concentration.

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