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AMSTERDAM (BNO NEWS) — Amsterdam and Rotterdam airports will close for six hours starting at 06:00 a.m. (0400 GMT) Monday due to a volcanic cloud from Iceland, local media reported.
The report from NOS TV said only Schiphol and The Hague airports will close, other Dutch airports will remain open.
On early Monday, the no-fly zone in the UK was extended to include Heathrow and Gatwick airports.
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AMSTERDAM (BNO NEWS) — Amsterdam and Rotterdam airports will close for six hours starting at 06:00 a.m. (0400 GMT) Monday due to a volcanic cloud from Iceland, local media reported.
The report from NOS TV said other Dutch airports will remain open.
On Sunday, the no-fly zone in the UK was extended to include Heathrow and Gatwick airports.
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LONDON (BNO NEWS) — A no-fly zone in the UK due to a volcanic cloud from Iceland was extended on Sunday to include Heathrow and Gatwick airports, officials said.
“For 01:00 a.m. local time until 07:00 a.m. on Monday, airports inside the no-fly zone as imposed by the CAA, include London Heathrow, Gatwick, Farnborough, London City, Shoreham, Biggin Hill, all airfields in Northern Ireland, Scottish Western Isles, Oban, Campbeltown, Caernarfon and Aberdeen,” air traffic service NATS said.
“Cardiff remains open but operations may be limited due to close proximity of the no-fly zone,” NATS added.
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