Malaga airport latest news & updates on Tuesday

The cloud of ash from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjall forced to close seven airports in the Canary Islands and southern Spain.

North Tenerife, South Tenerife, La Palma, Gomera, Jerez, Seville and Badajoz have suspended their activity during the morning. Madrid Barajas, Seville and Barcelona expect a reduction of 25% in the operations scheduled for today.

At Malaga Airport, currently many flights are delayed, yet none has been cancelled.

The volcanic ashes are expected to map out a curve on southern Europe towards Greece and Turkey, what could cause more closures of airports, according to Eurocontrol. In Spain, the major problems are forecasted for Wednesday, when the ash will cover much of the peninsula.

Yesterday at seven in the evening had been canceled 305 of the 5.336 planned operations, according to Aena. Iberia airline canceled 40 flights and chartered buses to transport passengers to their destinations.

For more information, call Aena at 902 404 704 or (+34) 91 321 10 00.

Latest airport update

The situation becomes complicated in several areas, including the province of Malaga.

In particular, at Malaga Airport were canceled during this morning ten flights, five of them leaving from the city and five with destination of the capital of the Costa del Sol.

Spanish Airports and Air Navigation (AENA) could not specify for the moment the countries with which these flights are connected, although they noted that it is likely that the number of affected routes will increase throughout the day.

The situation however was more complicated in the Canary Island airports, which have been closed for several hours, and in Seville and Jerez, which are still not operating.