Volcanic ash disrupts air travel at southern Europe by Magdalena Rosova

A new ash cloud from Iceland's Eyjafjoell volcano is again causing troubles. The cloud has disrupted air travel in Portugal, Germany and Austria on Sunday. Hundreds of flights were grounded and some European airspace was closed. Officials of Lisbon's airport said the airport would be closed at least until midday Monday. More than 200 flight were canceled in Portugal, 71 at Lisbon. On Tuesday, Pope Benedict XVI is expected to arrive for a four-day visit to the country. According to Vatican, in spite of disruptions in air travel pope's trip to Lisbon is still on schedule. The volcanic ash paralyzed air travel across southern Europe, especially in France and Italy and sp! read also into Austria and Germany. The second busiest airport in Germany, was closed at 1300 GMT on Sunday. Officials said 460 out of more than 1,000 scheduled flight had been closed at Munich. Fifteen long-distance flight were delayed and after the airport reopens they will take off. German weather service DWD expects the ash cloud to move from central Germany overnight Sunday. The cloud should leave the rest of the country during Monday. Czech capital Prague was not affected by the ash cloud, only airspace at south of the country was closed. Austria has partially closed its airspace, traffic at Vienna, Innsbruck, Linz and Salzburg has been affected. According to coordinator of air traffic control across Europe only about 24,000 flight took place on Sunday, which is about 500 less than the average for this time of year. Eurocontrol says the ash cloud is continuously affecting transatlantic flights.

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