FED: Qantas cancels more flights due to volcano ash

AAP General News (Australia)
04-19-2010
FED: Qantas cancels more flights due to volcano ash

SYDNEY, April 19 AAP - Qantas has cancelled more flights to London as it continues
to wait for ash from an Icelandic volcano that has closed airports across Europe to dissipate.

The airline said on Monday it still did not know when services to Europe would resume.

Qantas has scrapped two flights to London scheduled for Wednesday, extending by one
day a run of cancellations that began late last week and that is now entering its sixth
day.

"Qantas will be doing everything to meet passenger needs once flights into Europe are
able to resume," it said in a statement.

"However, access to UK and European airports will be difficult due to the backlog of
flights from around the world.

"This situation would be likely to continue for some days."

Qantas inbound services from London and Frankfurt to its Asian hubs of Bangkok, Hong
Kong and Singapore have also been cancelled.

However, its services between Australia and Asia were still operating.

The airline is advising travellers to check its website (www.qantas.com) for updates.

Meanwhile, Malaysia Airlines said it was flying to Rome, where airports remain open,
from Kuala Lumpur.

Airports at Athens and Madrid are also open.

Millions of passengers across the world have been affected by the ash cloud that has
been spreading from Iceland's Eyjafjoell volcano since last Wednesday.

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