All UK airports – including Gatwick and Heathrow – have been closed after a massive cloud of ash from a volcano in Iceland drifted into UK airspace.
Thousands of flights across the UK have been cancelled leaving passengers facing massive disruption.
Gatwick and Heathrow alone normally cater for 260,000 passengers a day.
UK airspace will be closed from 12pm to 6pm, apart from emergencies.
That includes military flights through RAF Brize Norton Oxfordshire, the main airbridge to Afghanistan.
Airspace in Belgium, Germany, Scandinavia, Germany and Ireland has also been closed.
BA said that all its flights were cancelled until tommorow morning at the earliest.
Travellers were also bracing themselves for major knock-on disruption tomorrow amid fears the dust cloud could linger for at least 36 hours.
Airports are urging travellers to contact their airlines’ websites to check whether their journeys are affected.
