Official: Ash will cancel up to 500 flights
Passengers rest on the floor as their flights have been canceled at Edinburgh Airport in Edinburgh, Scotland Tuesday, May 24, 2011. A dense ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano blew toward Scotland, causing airlines to cancel Tuesday flights and raising fears of a repeat of last year's huge travel disruptions in Europe that stranded millions of passengers. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European air traffic agency says up to 500 commercial flights in Northern Ireland, Scotland and parts of Scandinavia may be canceled Tuesday because of the spread of volcanic ash.
Brian Flynn, head of network operations at Eurocontrol, said Tuesday morning that between 200 and 250 flights had already been canceled.
There are just over 30,000 flights within Europe on average every day at this time of the year.
Flynn said he did not expect that President Barack Obama’s European tour would be affected by the ash.
“I think he will be able to continue his visit to Europe as scheduled,” Flynn said. The ash already forced Obama to shorten a visit to Ireland.
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