Malaga Airport currently operative

The airports at Malaga, Granada and Jerez suspended yesterday a total of 101 operations.

Malaga airport closed in the afternoon for three hours. The airport was reopened at 21:30 pm, meanwhile the other two remained closed last night.

A total of 101 flights were canceled yesterday in the Andalusian airports Jerez de la Frontera, Malaga, Granada and Almeria, due to the cloud of ash from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjalla, which forced to close the airports of Jerez and Seville from 6:00 am yesterday and then at 17:30 pm, forced the closing of Malaga and Granada airports.

San Pablo Airport in Seville was reopened from 19:00 pm, after being closed for just over 12 hours due to the ash cloud.

The closure of the Malaga airport was confirmed shortly before 17:30 pm, after it was a rumor from this morning when had to close several Andalusian airports. Sources of air carriers operating in the province estimated that the closing could occur around 20:00 pm, but eventually was set before that time due to the climatic conditions.

Until then had been canceled 76 takeoff and landing operations at the Malaga airport, mostly in from the UK. The airport also received two diverted flights: one from Bergamo to Seville and another from Paris to Casablanca (Morocco is also affected by this situation.) Once confirmed the closure, thousands of passengers crowded the counters of the various companies to inquire in relation to the cancellation or delay.

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