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If you're on this site, you're most likely concerned that the volcanic ash cloud may scupper your plans either to take off or land at your intended European arrival or departure airports!

In addition to providing links to ash cloud news and information, concentration maps and charts, AshCloud.co.uk displays a large number of essential travel links for people stuck at their European airport unable to fly who wish to try and reach their destination by using alternative land and sea routes. The site is also for those just needing to check whether their departure airport is currently experiencing service issues due to the ash cloud.
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LATEST | April 13th, 2012 at 1800BST: Mount Etna volcano in Italy (Sicily) erupts again
Mount Etna, Europe's highest active volcano, has begun erupting again. Despite the scale of the event, the nearby airport of Catania remains open.

Previous update | June 14th, 2011 at 0113BST: No issues in Europe. However, South America, Australia, NZ, and Africa affected by volcanic ash
Although we focus on European ash travel issues, the Cordon Caulle eruption in Chile is causing travel disruption throughout South America, including Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil. Jet stream winds have blown the Chilean ash to parts of Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand.

Australian travel is particularly disrupted in Adelaide but the situation is currently improving slowly. Some airlines (Virgin Blue) have attempted to run as many services as possible by flying beneath and around the ash cloud whereas others (Qantas, JetStar) opted to cancel their services more widely.

Elsewhere, it seems the Dubbi volcano in Eritrea (close to the boder with Ethiopia) has erupted, according to Reuters, for the first time since 1861, spewing ash 13.5km high. This is affecting travel across the Horn of Africa and may affect Sudanese airspace.


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OFFICIAL LINKS

NATS - www.nats.co.uk
Civil Aviation Authority - www.caa.co.uk
Euro Control - www.eurocontrol.int

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ALTERNATIVE EUROPEAN TRAVEL LINKS

BUS: Eurolines - www.eurolines.com

BUS: National Express - www.nationalexpress.com - in case you land in Scotland and need to be in London.


FERRY: Brittany Ferries - www.brittany-ferries.co.uk - ferries from Portsmouth to: Caen, Cherbourg, St. Malo, Santander. Ferries from Cork to: Roscoff. Ferries from Plymouth to: Roscoff, Santander. Ferries from Poole to: Cherbourg.

FERRY: LD Lines Network - www.ldlines.co.uk - ferries between Portsmouth and Le Havre, Newhaven and Dieppe, Dover and Boulogne, Ramsgate and Ostend.

FERRY: Norfolk Line - www.norfolkline.com - ferries between Dover and Dunkirk, Liverpool and Belfast, Liverpool and Dublin, Rosyth (Edinburgh) and Zeebrugge (Belgium).

FERRY: P&O Ferries - www.poferries.com - try and get across the English Channel back to the UK.

FERRY: SeaFrance - www.seafrance.com - same as above.

FERRY: Stena Line - www.stenaline.co.uk - ferry routes between Belfast and Stranraer, Larne and Fleetwood, Dublin Port and Holyhead, Dun Laoghaire and Holyhead, Rosslare and Fishguard, Hook Of Holland and Harwich.

FERRY: Transeuropa Ferries - www.transeuropaferries.com - ferries between Ostend (Belgium) and Ramsgate (Kent).

FERRY: Transmanche Ferries - http://www.transmanche.ferries.org - Transmanche operate the ferry service between Newhaven and Dieppe and between Le Havre, Portsmouth. The Newhaven to Dieppe Transmanche ferry operation is the shortest sea route for passengers and freight between Southern England and France.


TRAIN: CP / Comboios de Portugal - www.cp.pt - rail travel throughout Portugal.

TRAIN: Deutsche Bahn - www.bahn.de/i/view/GBR/en/ - Cologne to London in 5 hours normally for 49EUR / covers the whole of Germany.

TRAIN: DSB - www.dsb.dk/Om-DSB/In-English/Contact-DSB/ - Danish rail network with phone numbers and resource links in English. Booking site only in Danish.

TRAIN: East Coast trains - www.eastcoast.co.uk - Getting you to London from Edinburgh, Newcastle, York, Leeds, and more....

TRAIN: Eurostar - www.eurostar.com - Paris / Brussels rail and tickets from elsewhere in France and Belgium.

TRAIN+CAR: Eurotunnel - www.eurotunnel.com - if you have a car, or can still rent one, you may be able to get under the English Channel and back in to the UK.

TRAIN: MÁV - www.mav.hu/english/index.php - get across Hungary with MÁV, Hungary's national rail network.

TRAIN: NS - www.ns.nl/cs/Satellite/travellers - rail services across Holland, very accurate site, international routes possible.

TRAIN: OEBB - www.oebb.at - get across Austria and Europe with Austrian rail.

TRAIN: Rejseplanen - http://euspirit.rejseplanen.dk/bin/query.exe/en?ml=m& - this is the International rail route search from Journey Planner which is linked to the Danish rail network, DSB.

TRAIN: Renfe - www.renfe.es/horarios/english/index.html - rail travel across the whole of Spain.

TRAIN: TGV Europe - www.tgv-europe.com - the specialist booking site for travelling on High Speed Trains in Europe.

TRAIN: Thalys - www.thalys.com - your train between Paris, Brussels, Cologne, Amsterdam.

TRAIN: TrenItalia - www.trenitalia.com - trains connecting the whole of Italy, international routes as well.

TRAIN: Virgin Trains - www.virgintrains.co.uk - getting south if your flight arrives in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, or Liverpool.

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AIRPORT LINKS - UK

Heathrow
Gatwick
Stansted
Luton
Manchester
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Bournemouth
Newcastle
Newquay
Southampton
Belfast

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AIRPORT LINKS - EUROPE

Amsterdam - Schiphol
Athens
Berlin - Tegal
Brussels
Bucharest
Budapest
Copenhagen
Cork
Dublin

Frankfurt
Geneva
Helsinki
ICELAND
Lisbon
- all Portuguese airports
Ljubljana
Madrid
- all Spanish airports
Milan
Minsk
Moscow - Sheremetyevo
Munich
Oslo
Paris
PORTUGAL
Prague
Reykjavik
Riga
Rome

St. Petersburg
SPAIN
Stockholm
Tallinn

Vienna
Vilnius

Warsaw
Zagreb

Zurich

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VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY CENTRES (VAAC)

There are 9 Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres around the world responsible for advising international aviation of the location and movement of clouds of volcanic ash.

View world map showing advisory centre sectors >>>

The 9 centres are;
LONDON
TOULOUSE
ANCHORAGE
WASHINGTON
MONTREAL
DARWIN
WELLINGTON
TOKYO
BUENOS AIRES


VAAC REPORTS

London VAAC Issued Advisories
London VAAC Issued Graphics

London VAAC Issued Ash Concentration Charts;
Ash Concentration Charts for NE. Atlantic/Europe area
Ash Concentration Charts for N. Atlantic/Europe/Asia area



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THE CULPRIT - Eyjafjallajökull - the volcano in Iceland

Here's the link to the volcano cam -
http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-valahnjuk/


PASSING THE TIME

Watch air traffic live...or the lack of it -
www.flightradar24.com/


VOLCANO FACT FILE

ENGLISH: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano


VOLCANIC ASH FACT FILE

ENGLISH: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_ash

 


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