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Swiss to halt flights at midnight due to ash cloud

Swiss to halt flights at midnight due to ash cloud
# 16 April 2010 17:46 (UTC +04:00)
Baku – APA. The Swiss government decided Friday to close the country’s airspace to all but emergency flights beginning at midnight because of the approaching cloud of ash from a volcanic eruption in Iceland, APA reports quoting “The Los Angeles Times”.

The Federal Office of Civil Aviation said in a "notice to airmen" that Switzerland’s airspace would be closed as a precaution until at least 9 a.m. Saturday.

Authorities said they would examine the situation overnight and likely extend the ban.

Zurich and Geneva are important hubs for Swiss and other international carriers, and the discount airline easyJet. Both airports canceled dozens of flights Friday as destinations in northern Europe became unreachable due to the ash cloud. Neither has regular departures or landings after midnight.
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