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The new airline originating in Granada has chosen the Costa del Sol as a base of operations. Starting next fall they will offer direct connections from Malaga airport to other Spanish destinations, southern France, Portugal and North Africa.

Helitt aims to bring Andalucia closer to the main cities of Spain, Melilla, southern France and Morocco as well as North Africa and Portugal. From Helitt they ensure that the routes will be added gradually.

With own aircrafts and great financial strength Helitt intends not only to provide a quality service, but competitive pricing without becoming a low cost company, also offering helicopter connections along the coast of Cadiz, such as Algeciras, Barbate and Tarifa and Tangiers in Morocco.

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In the British Isles air traffic has been affected by the ash cloud of the Icelandic volcano Grímsvötn. KLM airline suspended 16 flights scheduled for this morning from or bound for Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Newcastle. British Airways does not operate any flights between London and Scotland until this afternoon. EasyJet, Flybe, Aer Lingus, Loganair and Eastern Airways also canceled flights in the island.

The ashes of Grímsvötn are expected to affect Northwest UK and Ireland between today and tomorrow, but it is difficult to predict its evolution in the coming hours and know how it will affect other countries in the European Union due to unstable weather and the concentration of the cloud is different to the one that caused chaos in the European airspace last year, as reported by the European Commission.

Should I cancel my holiday or make alternative travel plans?

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Snow and freezing temperatures continue to disrupt air traffic in Europe, with delays and cancellations are in many parts of Europe because of the snowstorm. The most affected airport is Gatwick airport, which is closed from yesterday until further notice due to difficult weather conditions and other airports which have closed during the night, are scheduled to open during the day.

In many European airports are expected as well today delays and cancellations due to the bad weather conditions. Yesterdays were canceled 79% of flights between Spanish airports and London following the closure of Gatwick Airport because of heavy snowfall in the last hours in the city.

Frankfurt airport, the largest airport in Europe, had already to cancel 40 flights, 25 landings and 15 takeoffs for today, according to a spokesman. There are also difficult conditions in other European airports due to the bad weather, especially in Brussels, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Manchester, Cardiff and Amsterdam. Currently are closed the airports of Gatwick (London), Edinburgh (Scotland) and Geneva (Switzerland), while the German airports of Frankfurt and Munich had to cancel many flights for the second consecutive day and Brussels airport has many delays. The German Weather Service has informed that the low temperatures and snow will continue at least until the weekend and temperatures will drop further. Great Britain endures the worst snowstorm before winter in two decades.

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