Airlines operating in Europe have suffered...
over Europe for four or five days, they said.Ready to fly
European airlines do not want to wait that long. The Association of European Airlines (AEA), which represents 36 carriers, said: "While Europe"s airlines and airports consider safety to be an absolute priority, they are questioning the proportionality of the flight restrictions currently imposed."
The AEA said, "airlines must be able to fly where it is safe to fly and make decisions accordingly."
To support its argument, the AEA points to the 27 test flights carried out by Lufthansa, Air France and KLM with only a crew on board. These flights "revealed no irregularities at all" even though the ash cloud was still hanging over a considerable part of the northern and central Europe.
Changing corridors and flight levels
Since the test flights were successful, the air space over Europe will gradually reopen, says Boris Rybak, head of the Russian consulting firm, Infomost. However,
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