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Due to Etna’s eruption, hundreds of passengers who were scheduled to fly to or from Sicily’s main airport, Catania, have had their flights rescheduled or canceled.
The most active volcano in Europe at 3,357 meters high released an ash plume that covered the eastern portion of the island.
235 planes were scheduled to land at Catania Airport on Monday, according to aviation data specialists Cirium. But it shut down after an aircraft from Casablanca touched down at 2.38 AM local time on Monday.
About 50 kilometers south of Etna is the airport.
EasyJet’s 6.30am flight from London Gatwick to Catania is scheduled to leave at 2pm and land at Comiso airport, 150 kilometers from Etna in southeast Sicily. 6.05 p.m. is the estimated arrival time, which is more than seven hours late.
The easyJet flight from Gatwick and the departures from Bristol and Edinburgh have also been canceled.
On Monday, EasyJet will divert both of its departures from Luton to Comiso.
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Cancellations and Diversions Cause Delays
The 7.10am British Airlines flight from Gatwick to Catania has been canceled.
On Monday morning, seven Ryanair planes that were scheduled to land in Catania were diverted to Trapani airport in Sicily’s extreme west.
Many more flights, including at least 10 ITA flights between Rome and Catania, have also been canceled. Comiso has received some of them.
All 10 flights in the first hour of the morning wave of departures from Catania were canceled.
Later easyJet flights are planned from Catania to Bristol, Edinburgh, Gatwick (two departures), and Luton, in addition to BA and Wizz Air flights to Gatwick. More than a thousand people will return from the Italian island on Monday.
Mid-July through early August saw the temporary closure of Catania Airport due to fire damage.
Travelers whose flights are significantly delayed or canceled are entitled to accommodations, meals, and transportation to their destination as soon as practicable under European air passengers’ rights regulations.
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Source: Independent
