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Flights will finally start again in the UK on Tuesday after air traffic control company Nats lifted restrictions for Scotland and part of northern England. Skip related content
After days without any flights above the UK due to volcanic ash, Nats said that Scottish airspace would open at 7am.

Airspace south to a line between Teesside and Blackpool will also be open, with the hope that restrictions over the rest of England and Wales will be lifted later on Tuesday, Nats said. But current restrictions for the UK would carry on until 7am.

Nats said: "The volcanic eruption has reduced and the volcano is not currently emitting ash to altitudes that will affect the UK. Assuming there are no further significant ash emissions, we are now looking at a continuously improving situation. This is a dynamic and changing situation and is therefore difficult to forecast beyond 7am tomorrow.

"However, the latest Met Office advice is that the contaminated area will continue to move south, with the possibility that restrictions to airspace above England and Wales, including the London area, may be lifted later tomorrow. It is now for airports and airlines to decide how best to utilise this opportunity. Passengers should contact their airlines to find out how this will affect their travel plans."

British Airways said it would aim to resume some flights into and out of London's airports from 7pm on Tuesday.

The airline said: "We are working on detailed plans to help as many customers as possible who have been unable to fly due to the unprecedented circumstances that have faced all airlines operating in northern Europe over the last five days.

"We will aim to give customers as much notice as possible of our flight programme. Tomorrow, we will aim to operate long-haul departures that were scheduled to depart after 4pm and short-haul departures scheduled to depart after 7pm. This will however be subject to the full and permanent opening of airspace. All flights before these times have been cancelled."

The news will come as an enormous relief to cash-strapped airlines and the estimated 150,000 Britons stranded abroad by the flights ban.

Before the Nats announcement, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that two Royal Navy ships were to be used to help bring Britons home, with a third vessel also possibly being deployed. The go-ahead for flights came as airlines pointed to successful test flights through closed airspace as a reason for lifting restrictions

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100419...e-6323e80.html

Oh well it had to come to an end sooner or later, now we have Tony Blair, Alex and Katie, MM&I maths teacher all inbound to the UK over the next few days (best you get cracking on those homework assignments MM&I!).

Arista can look forward to his cheap Kenyan Green Beans being restocked in Asda. And Sticks can put his plan to requisition ferries and Cruise liners in order to take families to Disneyworld on ice till the next eruption of course.

Life goes on.