Airports reopen as airspace restrictions relaxed
The first flights from Asia, Africa and America were heading towards Britain tonight after air regulators announced a relaxation of airspace restrictions caused by the volcanic ash cloud which had closed the skies over Britain since last Thursday.
Twenty eight BA aircraft were headed for London airports and while the first were turned away by air traffic controllers, a stream of long-haul flights were expected to land early tomorrow after authorities accepted new European guidelines dramatically reducing the size of the no-fly zone.
The breakthrough, which airlines hoped would begin to see the 150,000 British air passengers stranded around the world flying home, came after a meeting tonight between the airlines, regulators and Lord Adonis, the Transport Secretary.
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