Thanks to Iceland, about negative three percent of the planes that usually fly in and out of European airports are currently allowed to fly. I like Iceland, so no hard feelings, but this whole volcano thing is a tad irritating, not to mention devastating to the aviation industry (which has lost almost $1 billion).
Luckily, I haven't been directly impacted by the flight deadlock, but a lot of people around me are. My history teacher couldn't attend a conference in Britain over the weekend (a short, 2 hour flight), and my friend had to take a taxi back from Lugano (Seven hours!). And I know there are people all over the globe who are stranded.
Hopefully this mess of ash will clear up soon. I know some of the airspace above Europe is being opened again, despite the fact that the darn volcano is still erupting. And last time it erupted, it continued for around fifteen months... :/
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