London: Aviation officials closed airports in northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Sunday due to a drifting, dense cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland. All airports in Northern Ireland were shut down along with others in northern England

The CIDCO on Wednesday said the construction of the proposed Navi Mumbai airport would not affect the environmental balance of the region.

Before starting the construction of the airport, the route of river Ulve will have to be altered by 90

FLIGHTS to and from Ireland and Scotland faced further disruption on Wednesday because of a cloud of abrasive volcanic ash drifting south from a volcano erupting in Iceland.

The Delhi Cabinet has sanctioned additional funds to the tune of Rs 40 crore for the second phase of a stormwater drain to be built along the periphery of the Indira Gandhi International Airport.

Brussels: In the ageless contest between man and nature, nature reasserted its primacy for an entire week, crippling air travel around the world and sending shudders through the global economy.

SOME natural disasters, like the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, strike out of the blue. Only with hindsight do they come to look like the sort of thing people should have been prepared for. Other events get dress rehearsals. The eruption of Eyjafjallajokull in the south of Iceland was one of these.

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Germany, UK, France To Open Air Space For Limited Flights

Paris: As airline losses from the volcanic ash cloud spiraled over $1 billion on Monday, airlines started demanding EU compensation and the aviation industry sharply criticized European governments for not using scientific measures to evaluate the ash and open up their airspace.

With Losses In Billions Of Dollars, Airlines Cancel All Flights To Europe

London: A sprawling cloud of volcanic ash paralyzed air travel across much of Europe for a fourth day on Sunday, but test flights with empty airliners showed no sign of damage and offered some hope.