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Northern Europe which suffered a setback due air traffic disruption from Icelandic volcanic ash on Wednesday was provided with hope when experts said the eruption was rapidly dying down, a report said

While the recent Icelandic volcano eruption is grounding flights across Europe, one bold airline that flew a plane t through the ash cloud is calling for lighter restrictions.

252 flights have been cancelled from Scotland down to Newcastle in northern England and more cancellations are expected.

Barcelona's preparations for the UEFA Champions League final against Manchester United took a hit as they will be forced to land in London two days ahead of schedule due to fears of the ash from the Icelandic volcano Grimsvotn which errupted recently.

The ash clouds from the Grimsvotn volcano in Ireland have forced airlines to cancel the flights across northern Britain on Tuesday. Hundreds of people will be grounded in Scandinavia and Denmark as the ash spreads.

A volcanic eruption at Grimsvotn has hit Iceland on May 21, sending a huge bubbling mass of ash and smoke, accompanied by multiple earthquakes.

Iceland’s top carrier says that the country will reopen its main airport late Monday.

Scottish airline Loganair has cancelled 36 flights in response to the threat from the volcanic ash.

So far the European airspace has not been affected by the eruption of the Iceland's most active volcano, reports say.

Iceland Meteorological department has issued the following forecast for the whole country for the next 24 hours.

The British Met. Office monitoring lightning activity in the ash plume from Iceland's Grimsvotn volcano recorded the number of lightning per hour 1000 times more than during the Eyjafjallajokull eruption in May 2010.

Iceland closed its main international airport and canceled domestic flights on Sunday as the country's most active Grimsvotn volcano's eruption sent a plume of ash, smoke and steam high into the sky.

European airspace has not been affected by the eruption of Iceland's most active volcano, Grimsvotn. No European or transatlantic flights have been disrupted so far

An eruption at Grimsvotn has hit Iceland at 19:25UTC on May 21, sending a huge bubbling mass of ash and smoke, which seeped above the clouds for 12 miles, and was accompanied by multiple earthquakes.

Iceland's airports were closed Sunday and transatlantic flights were being diverted around that country's airspace after a major volcanic eruption.

Heavy snow and ice grounded air travel across Europe for a third day on Monday leaving thousands of passengers stranded even as airports struggled to clear a backlog of flights cancelled or delayed by snowfalls.

Spain's Iberia posted a narrower-than-expected first-half operating loss on Friday as improving business travel and air cargo demand countered the negative impact of a volcanic ash cloud in April.

Europe's travel industry is counting the cost of air traffic disruption caused by a volcanic ash cloud which forced thousands of flights to be canceled and is braced for more stoppages this month.