 Two Icelandair flights had landed in Glasgow by 1700 BST on Friday |
A ban on most flights to and from Scotland will remain in place until at least 1900 BST on Sunday due to the risk posed by the volcano ash cloud. All non-emergency air traffic was grounded on Thursday because of the eruption in Iceland. Restrictions were lifted in Scotland as the cloud moved south on Friday, but the restrictions were reimposed. Meanwhile, some travellers have been taking taxis from Glasgow to places as far away as the south of England. Staff at Glasgow Airport said one man paid £600 to be driven to Gatwick. In a statement on Saturday evening, Nats said the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland was moving around and changing shape. It added: "Based on the latest information from the Met Office, Nats advises that the restrictions currently in place across UK controlled airspace will remain in place until at least 1900 (UK time) tomorrow, Sunday April 18." Earlier there were hopes the cloud would have moved far enough to allow flights to and from Scottish airports, however the latest restrictions cover the whole of the UK. A British Airways flight from New York and a Thomas Cook flight from Orlando were allowed to land at Glasgow Airport on Saturday morning. The flights had originally been intended for London Heathrow and Manchester respectively. Passengers were taken to their final destinations by bus after arriving in Glasgow. The firm said it had cancelled all short haul flights for Sunday. A spokesman for Glasgow Airport said the terminal was quiet, with only "dozens" of passengers waiting in the building.  BBC presenter Tom Morton found ash on his car in Shetland |
He added: "Very few people are here, in fact there are probably more BAA volunteer staff than passengers." A spokesman for Edinburgh Airport said about 20 to 30 people were in the usually busy terminal, trying to find alternative travel arrangements. He said: "Some have have been coming in. We were open last night then closed again, so that may have made some confusion. "We still have have manned desks at the airport. People want to come in and talk to someone rather than use a website, which is human nature." Some hotels in the Scottish capital have responded to the travel chaos by cutting their rates to ease the burden on stranded passengers, the spokesman added. On Friday, Ryanair cancelled all its flights over northern Europe for the whole weekend. Loganair has also cancelled all flights. A small number of flights departed and arrived at Glasgow airport on Friday, including two Icelandair flights carrying more than 400 people who were stranded after the volcano erupted in Iceland. Plume of ash Among the passengers was a school group from Loughborough in Leicestershire, who were in Iceland for a geography field trip. One of the teachers photographed the plume of ash breaking through the clouds as they flew back to Scotland.  | EXPERT ADVICE |
Eighteen helicopter flights left Aberdeen on Saturday bound for platforms in the North Sea. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency said it was examining particles of the ash which had been found in Scotland. The Scottish government has said the ash does not pose a health risk. Peter Sloss from the Met Office said people could start to see dust on their cars. "As the winds begin to ease down the heavier particles start to fall," he said. BBC Radio Scotland presenter Tom Morton, who broadcasts from Shetland, said dust had been falling on the islands on Friday. He said: "My car was covered in this fine, talcum-like powder, which is actually really black and grey and nasty." Do you have pictures of volcano ash that has fallen over Scotland? Send them to the BBC news website. Click hereto send an e-mail. If you want to send your picture from your mobile phone, email them to newsonlinescotland@bbc.co.uk. You can send them from any network or phone. Please send the large full size images taken by the mobiles otherwise they are too small to publish. Please ensure when filming or photographing an incident that you make your safety and the safety of others a priority. If you submit an image, you do so in accordance with the BBC's Terms and Conditions. In contributing to BBC News Online you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way that we want, and in any media. (See the Terms and Conditions for the full terms of our rights.) It's important to note, however, that you still own the copyright to everything you contribute to BBC News Online. This means you are perfectly free to take what you have produced and re-publish it somewhere else. Please note that if your image is accepted, we will publish your name alongside it on the BBC News website. The BBC cannot guarantee that all pictures will be published and we reserve the right to edit your comments.
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