Volcanic ash hits German airports

A cloud of volcanic ash which has caused chaos for air travellers spread to Germany today, forcing the closure of Berlin’s airport and threatening to disrupt European flights for days.

The cloud forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights over Britain yesterday as winds blew the ash from Iceland’s Grimsvotn volcano over Scotland, but UK authorities said high-level densities of ash had cleared their airspace today and there were only scattered cancellations, mostly related to Germany-bound flights.