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URGENT UPDATE ON AIRSPACE RESTRICTIONS
1140 - Tuesday 20th April 2010: Based on the latest Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre reports http://metoffice.com/aviation/vaac/vaacuk_vag.html the following is the situation within Irish Airspace effective from 1300 today Tuesday 20th April.
- Dublin Airport will remain closed for all inbound and outbound commercial flights until 1900 hours tonight.
- Shannon Airport will reopen from 1300 hours.
- Cork airport will remain closed but a further update will be provided this afternoon.
- Overflights of Irish Airspace are permitted above Flight Level 205 (twenty thousand five hundred feet )
The IAA has no information on any individual flights and passengers should consult airline websites before travelling to the airport for flights.
There will be a further update at 1530.
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