Situation in respect to air service to Europe improves

15:10, 21 April 2010

MOSCOW. April 21. KAZINFORM The situation in respect to air service in Europe, disrupted after volcanic ashes spread in the air space as a result of the eruption of the Icelandic volcano, has been improving. The air space of the Old World that was practically paralyzed last weekend is being reopened to civil aviation; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.

At present, Denmark and Great Britain are preparing to open their air harbors. On Tuesday an Aeroflot flight scheduled to fly to London was cancelled. Representatives of British companies that have air service to Moscow speaking to Itar-Tass did not rule out that they might resume air service on Wednesday already.

By Tuesday night a total of 570 flights were reported cancelled and 46 more flights delayed. There are no crowds in airports, the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) told Tass.

On air routes already open to regular flights air line companies have considerably increased passenger load. Thus, Aeroflot reported a growing passenger capacity on flights to Vienna, Budapest. Oslo, Zagreb, Sofia, Milan, Rome, Barcelona, Madrid and Prague.

Around 1,700 passengers booked for Aeroflot flights, some 1,100 passengers booked for "GTG Rossiya" flights and 900 passengers booked for "Sibir" airline flights remain accommodated at hotels; Kazinform cites Itar-Tass.

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