"Europe's airlines and airports have called for an immediate reassessment of flight restrictions imposed because of volcanic ash from Iceland.
Two bodies that represent most of Europe's airlines and airports say they question the extent of the flight restrictions currently imposed.
Airlines that have carried out test flights say planes showed no obvious damage after flying through the ash."
by the way:
"After 9/11, 1.4 million people changed their holiday travel plans to avoid flying. The vast majority chose to drive instead. But driving is far more dangerous than flying, and the decision to switch caused roughly 1,000 additional auto fatalities, according to two separate analyses comparing traffic patterns in late 2001 to those the year before. In other words, 1,000 people who chose to drive wouldn't have died had they flown instead."
Note that the whole article is a great read!
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