Airlines operating in Europe have suffered...

On April 19, the EU transportation ministers will hold a video conference to draft an action plan. Airlines are testing whether flights are possible in these adverse conditions; so far they have made 27 successful trial flights between cities in Europe.

What else can the airlines do to reopen air traffic?

According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the crisis is costing the industry an estimated 150 million euros ($200 million) a day excluding on the costs of changing flight routes and compensating stranded passengers.

European airlines have requested that aviation authorities loosen flight restrictions, citing the enormous economic effects of the ban. A total of 63,000 flights have been cancelled as a result of the ash cloud.

According to the Airports Council International (ACI), 313 airports in Europe have ground to a halt, and weather forecasts leave no hope for a rapid reopening of the European air space. The ash cloud will remain

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