Flights from Bristol Airport will not resume until 7pm today at the earliest after a new ash cloud from the Iceland volcano hit plans to reopen airspace.
A statement on the Bristol Airport website said that the national air traffic control service (Nats) had announced there will be no flights permitted in Southern England controlled airspace until this evening.
Jonathan Astill of Nats said the new ash cloud was a “significant change” to the situation on Monday.
Passengers due to fly from Bristol Airport are being advised to contact their airline for the latest information, and warned that there could be significant delays once flights are allowed.
Some flights have resumed in the UK and Europe, with the first planes from Edinburgh and Glasgow among a few internal flights scheduled from Scotland.
The first international flight from Glasgow is due to head for Reykjavik in Iceland at midday, while a small number of flights have taken off in northern Europe with planes departing from Paris, Amsterdam and Frankfurt.
An estimated 150,000 Britons are still stranded abroad and Royal Navy ships are being mobilised to help British citizens return home from Santander, Spain.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown said airports were “taking advantage of the window of opportunity” as the impact of the volcano ash cloud temporarily lessened, but stressed that passenger safety would remain “paramount”.
He added: “In the meantime I think it’s important that everybody knows that if they can get to a Channel port we can get them across from Europe to the United Kingdom.”
The ash cloud from the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano has caused a fifth consecutive day of disruption to air travel across Europe. UK airports operator BAA says the flight restrictions are costing it between £5million and £6million a day.
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