Croatia closes airspace due to volcanic ash

The Croatian civil aviation authority has introduced the no-fly zone over the entire Croatian airspace because of the risk from clouds of volcanic ash from Iceland.

All aircraft at the airports of Zagreb and Osijek were grounded at 2am on Saturday after the cloud reached the northwest of the country. The airports of Pula, Rijeka, Zadar and Losinj were closed at 8am.

The airports of Split, Brac and Dubrovnik remained open until 10.40PM Satuday.

Large parts of Europe enforced no-fly rulings for a fourth day on Sunday because of the huge ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano that has caused the worst air travel chaos since the September 11 attacks.


(Hina)