Factbox: Airports affected by ash cloud

Published: 6:29PM Wednesday April 21, 2010 Source: Reuters

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Parts of Europe enforced no-fly rulings for a sixth day because of the ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano, but many countries eased restrictions.
   
Here is a list of countries as of 11:20AM NZ Time and their airspace status:

*Denotes new or updated item 
   
AUSTRIA - Airspace open as of 0300 GMT Monday.
   
BELGIUM - Belgium has begun allowing planes to land and intends to allow some flights to depart from 1200 GMT.
   
BOSNIA - Airports open.

*BRITAIN - Airspace reopened at 2100 GMT.

BULGARIA - All airspace and airports open.
   
CZECH REPUBLIC - Airspace and airports open as of 1000 GMT on Monday. Situation to be re-assessed at 1000 GMT on Wednesday.
   
DENMARK - Will open most airspace from 0000 GMT Wednesday until at least 0600 GMT, opening up for traffic from Copenhagen and four other airports
   
ESTONIA - Airspace open until at least 0000 GMT Wednesday.
   
FINLAND - Airspace will be closed until at least 0600 GMT on Wednesday.

*FRANCE - Air France plans to run all long-haul flights on Wednesday, some flights to northern Europe remain suspended.

*GERMANY - Airspace restrictions will remain in place until 0000 GMT Wednesday.
   
HUNGARY - Hungarian airspace is fully open, the air traffic authority said around 0800 GMT on Tuesday.

*REPUBLIC OF IRELAND - Airspace reopened.
   
ITALY - Airspace has completely reopened.
   
LATVIA - Airspace open.
   
LITHUANIA - Airspace to remain open until at least 1800 GMT, when a new decision will taken.
   
LUXEMBOURG - Luxembourg Airport reopened at 0800 GMT, with flights due to start at 0900 GMT.
   
MOLDOVA - Moldova, which lies between Ukraine and Romania, resumed international flights from 0730 GMT.
   
MONTENEGRO - Airports open.
*NETHERLANDS - Passenger flights began on Monday. Night flights resumed on Tuesday.
   
NORWAY - Airport authority Avinor reopened all of Norway's airspace for commercial traffic on Tuesday. The airspace will remain open until midnight GMT.

*POLAND - Will reopen airspace at 0500 GMT Wednesday.

ROMANIA - Airspace fully reopened.

RUSSIA - All airports open. Aeroflot is flying to the United States via the North Pole.

SERBIA - Airports open.
   
SLOVAKIA - Airspace and airports open as of 1240 GMT on Monday. Situation to be re-assessed at midnight GMT on Wednesday.
   
SLOVENIA - Slovenian airspace was opened at 1000 GMT on Tuesday.  It had been partly closed since 0200 GMT Tuesday.
   
SPAIN - 17 airports open.

*SWEDEN - Airspace open for flights north of a line stretching from Stromstad to Stockholm. Stockholm Arlanda Airport is closed until at least Wednesday morning. High altitude flights over southern Sweden are allowed.
   
SWITZERLAND - Geneva and Zurich airports reopened on Tuesday morning though some flights were cancelled at both.
   
TURKEY - All airports open. Planes flying out of the Black Sea cities of Samsun, Sinop and Zonguldak have been advised not to fly higher than 6,000 metres.
   
UKRAINE - Kiev's Borispol airport open.

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