Officials are monitoring a remote Alaska volcano that could launch an ash cloud, potentially threatening intercontinental flights.
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Last week's volcanic eruption in Iceland combined with the storms that pummeled Dallas/Fort Worth airport provided a good reminder that Mother Nature can wreak havoc on flight schedules. With Memorial Day marking the official beginning of the summer travel season, it's a good for a refresher on what to do when weather ruins your travel plans.
Barcelona FC will travel to London on Tuesday evening ahead of Saturday's Champions League final because of fears Iceland's volcanic ash cloud could disrupt their travel plans later in the week.
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Travellers hope to get back in the air after the new volcanic ash cloud clears. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports.
The peak of a cloud of volcanic ash that forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights has passed, Iceland's prime minister said Wednesday.
British budget airline easyJet is preparing to test a volcanic ash detection system on a research aircraft, it says.
iReporter Amber Casterlin describes waking up to find everything near her Iceland hotel covered in volcanic ash.
U.S. President Barack Obama blended pomp and ceremony with diplomacy Tuesday on the second full day of his weeklong trip to Europe, meeting at 10 Downing Street with British Prime Minister David Cameron and attending a state dinner at Buckingham Palace to exchange toasts with Queen Elizabeth II.
A cloud of ash from Iceland's Grimsvotn volcano spread toward central Europe late Tuesday, spurring German authorities to announce two airports will close and prompting British airlines to cancel hundreds of flights.
CNN's Phil Black updates disrupted travel plans as a volcanic ash cloud moves across Britain from Iceland.
Icelandic volcano ash is affecting flights in European airspace, but authorities say it is unlikely to cause the same levels of disruption triggered by a similar eruption last year.
U.S. President Barack Obama has been given a red-hot welcome on his arrival in Europe - despite being decidedly cool in his approach to the continent, in contrast to previous U.S. presidents.
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Volcanic ash from an Icelandic eruption could reach British airspace Tuesday, sooner than previously predicted, Britain's Civil Aviation Authority warned Monday.
President Barack Obama visits his great-great-great grandfather's village of Moneygall. CNN's Fionnuala Sweeney reports.
Thousands of jubilant Irishmen and women gave U.S. President Barack Obama a virtual hero's welcome Monday, embracing him as one of their own in a visit that included a campaign-style speech in downtown Dublin and a stop at the president's ancestral home.
A volcanic eruption in Iceland forced flight cancellations and the closure of airspace over the country's four international airports, an official said Sunday.
The Grimsvotn volcano under the Vatnajokull glacier in Iceland was erupting Saturday, according to the Icelandic Meteorological Office.
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The volcanic eruption in Iceland has given scientists a unique opportunity to study its effect on marine biology.
British Airways on Friday announced a pre-tax loss of 164 million pounds ($256.5 million) for the three months ending June 30.
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CNN's Ayesha Durgahee explains EasyJet's hi-tech plan to detect dangerous ash clouds.
British budget airline easyJet unveiled a volcanic ash detector on Friday that it says will allow aircraft to safely navigate around potentially lethal ash clouds.
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The Icelandic volcano that has been disrupting thousands of flights with its ash plume has significantly reduced in activity, according to the Icelandic Meteorological Office.
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New measures go into effect at midday Tuesday that will let planes fly at higher ash densities than currently permitted.
Major European airports reopened Monday after being closed overnight because of an ash cloud from a volcano in Iceland, but travel remained severely disrupted after the six-hour closure.
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London's two major airports were closed Monday as a cloud of ash from a volcano in Iceland moved east into England, British air authorities said.
Two Canadian fighter jets are scrambled after a bomb threat to a Cathay Pacific flight is reported.
Airports in Ireland prepared to close overnight Saturday as a drifting ash cloud from an erupting volcano in Iceland prompted the United Kingdom's air traffic authority to close airspace over parts of Northern Ireland.
Ash from an Icelandic volcano Tuesday shut down traffic at airports from central Spain to the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, air traffic control authorities said.
Ash from an Icelandic volcano is continuing to affect European flights on Monday, delaying transatlantic aircraft and threatening flights over parts of Ireland and Portugal.
Sixteen Spanish airports closed Saturday because of ash blowing from an Icelandic volcano and threatened to disrupt more flights on Sunday.
Irish authorities reopened all airports Friday after shutting them for several hours because of ash from an Icelandic volcano.
CNN's Gary Tuchman reports from Iceland on how the volcano's eruption of ash is affecting the people nearby.
Ash from an Icelandic volcano shut down airports in the United Kingdom and Ireland for a second day Wednesday, causing disruptions to hundreds of passengers.
Britain's Civil Aviation Authority announced that some airspace over Northern Ireland and Scotland would be closed Wednesday because ash emissions from Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull grew heavier and dipped further south.
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Sweden's Princess Madeleine has called off her planned wedding to Jonas Bergstrom, the Swedish Royal Court announced, following press reports that Bergstrom was "intimate" with a college student during their engagement.
One endless June afternoon a decade ago, I drove along southern Iceland's Highway One, past the weak spot in the planetary crust whose rupture recently brought air traffic in Europe to an ashen standstill.
As travel returns, the blame game for the volcano disruption begins. CNN's Richard Quest examines the issue.
Iceland will close two airports on Friday for the first time, a week after ash from an Icelandic volcano forced the shutdown of airspace over much of Europe and stranded thousands of passengers around the world, the Icelandic aviation authority announced Thursday.
There's a silver lining to every cloud, even the one made up of volcanic ash. While air carriers are licking their wounds from losing an estimated $200 million a day due to the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland, many other firms are smacking their chops at the opportunity to attract new customers. So who got rolling as the planes stayed on the ground?
Was it a mistake to close British airspace because of volcanic ash? CNN's Becky Anderson found out.
Flights across Europe are expected to return to "100 percent" on Thursday -- seven days after ash from an Icelandic volcano forced the shutdown of airspace and stranded thousands of passengers around the world, the air traffic agency Eurocontrol said.
Oil prices rose Tuesday for the first time in three days as strong corporate earnings reports dampened worries over the Goldman fraud case.
Oil prices tumbled on Monday for the third straight trading day as investors reacted to the fraud charges against Goldman Sachs and the strength of the dollar.
CNN's Jim Boulden reports from London's Heathrow Airport on the partial resumption of flights.
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Oil prices fell amid choppy trading on Wednesday after the government's inventory report dimmed trader hopes that demand is finally rebounding.
CNN's Frederik Pleitgen reports from Germany, where Lufthansa plans to operate 200 flights despite a volcanic ash cloud.
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