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Edition: U.S. Article Slideshow Video Save Email Print Reprints Most Popular Most Shared WRAPUP 5-Some flights resume in Europe, ash cloud disrupts 8:53am EDT Arizona passes tough illegal immigration law 19 Apr 2010 Iranian missile may be able to hit U.S. by 2015 19 Apr 2010 Few flights resume in Europe, new ash cloud reported | Video 8:55am EDT Google cyberattack hit password system: report 8:56am EDT Arizona passes tough illegal immigration law 19 Apr 2010 Iranian missile may be able to hit U.S. by 2015 19 Apr 2010 Civil rights leader Dorothy Height dies at 98 8:36am EDT P&G faces growing backlash over updated Pampers 19 Apr 2010 Google cyberattack hit password system: report 8:56am EDT Few flights resume in Europe, new ash cloud reported Peter Griffiths LONDON Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:55am EDT Factbox Factbox: European airports and airspace affected by ash cloud 7:41am EDT Related News Volcanic ash cloud set to clear towards weekend: WMO 8:40am EDT No EU government has asked for state aid for airlines: EU 6:08am EDT Related Video Some Asia flights to Europe resume 5:15am EDT < 1 / 15 > View Full Size LONDON (Reuters) - European airports slowly started to return to life on Tuesday after five days cut off from the world due to a huge ash cloud, but some airspace stayed closed after reports a new plume from Iceland may be on its way. Italy, Switzerland and France reopened their airports early on Tuesday though many flights remained canceled, and in Italy only a handful took off in the morning, mainly domestic flights. Hungary, Slovenia and Moldova also resumed flights. World But Britain's National Air Traffic Service, which controls UK airspace, said much of Britain's airspace would remain closed to flights below 20,000 feet until 1800 GMT at the earliest after air traffic controllers warned a new ash cloud was headed for major air routes. It said it would make another statement around 1400 GMT. The European Union, which announced on Monday that its members had reached a deal to reduce the size of the no-fly zone from 0600 GMT on Tuesday, acknowledged that progress was slow. "We know there are still a lot of problems for passengers on the ground," spokeswoman for the executive European Commission Helen Kearns told a briefing. "We are faced with an unprecedented crisis. The disruption will continue over the week." Germany said it would maintain its no-fly zone until 1800 GMT, with exceptions. Finland and parts of Sweden and Norway were also closed. But some airlines were taking advantage of the exceptions to fly. Flag carrier Lufthansa, for example, was flying on sight, which does not require air traffic control approval, to destinations like Seoul, New York and Lagos. "We are operating about 200 flights today. That is the bulk of our long-haul flights, and domestic and European routes are significantly expanded today," said spokeswoman Claudia Lange. Under Monday's EU agreement, which followed enormous pressure from airlines losing an estimated $250 million a day, flights may be permitted in areas with a lower concentration of ash, subject to local assessments and scientific advice. But exactly how national authorities would split European airspace into areas where aircraft could fly or not was not clear, and many countries were adopting a cautious approach. Poland, which had reopened four airports on Monday, closed them again on Tuesday, as well as shutting the northern part of its airspace to transit flights. A handful of flights took off from Scottish airports after the restrictions were eased. However, a Glasgow airport spokesman said it would close from 1200 GMT until further notice because of the spreading ash cloud. "It's really just Scottish domestic flights, maybe a couple of international ones, there's one going to Iceland -- yes, it's ironic, isn't it?" said Glasgow airport information officer Steven Boyle. MAKING THE BEST OF IT The unprecedented disaster has stranded millions of people at the end of the busy Easter holiday season and one analyst estimated it could end up costing global passenger airlines and cargo companies as much as $3 billion. Many travellers have spent the past five days desperately trying to get home for school or work by road, rail and sea. British businessman Chris Thomas, trying to get home from Los Angeles since Thursday, flew to Mexico City and then aimed to fly to Madrid and spend $2,000 to rent a car for the 14-hour drive to Paris. He was booked on the Eurostar Channel tunnel train to London, and then planned to drive four hours to Wales. "It's all a bit crazy but you have to err on the side of caution," Thomas said. "Nobody wants to be on the first plane to go down in a volcanic cloud." Gillian and Craig Robertson from Kilmarnoch in Scotland were stranded in southern Turkey with their four-year-old son Jack and would likely miss a family wedding. Robertson said he feared for his family-run business. "We're in construction -- housebuilding," he told Reuters. "So we've already been hit hard by the recession. With this on top, it's dreadful. This is sink or swim for us." Others were making the best of a bad business. "There are much worse places than that to be stuck so we had a pretty good time," said a visitor to Paris who only gave his name as Gabriel. He arrived last Tuesday and was supposed to fly back to New York on Friday. "Not knowing when you would get back, that was a problem," he said at Orly airport. "Otherwise we made the best of it, had great food and great wine." Britain was deploying three navy ships, including an aircraft carrier, to bring its citizens home from continental Europe. The British travel agents' association ABTA estimated 150,000 Britons were stranded abroad. Washington said it was trying to help 40,000 Americans stuck in Britain. A British embassy official said on Tuesday the HMS Albion was in the northern Spanish port of Santander where it would collect 450 British soldiers and around 250 British nationals. MORE ASH ON ITS WAY? Britain's NATS said in an overnight statement that the volcano eruption was strengthening and a new ash cloud was spreading south and east toward Britain. "This demonstrates the dynamic and rapidly changing conditions in which we are working," it said. The meteorological office in Iceland said although the volcano was still erupting steadily under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier about 120 km (75 miles) southeast of the capital Reykjavik, it was actually emitting less ash and more lava than previously, creating a lower cloud. The office's Gudrun Nina Peterson said the ash heading toward Britain had probably been spewed out before conditions changed. "If there has been ash detected over England today or during the night that is going to be from about 24 hours earlier. This is not an instant thing," she said. Experts disagree over how to measure the ash and who should decide it is safe to fly. A British Airways jet lost power in all four engines after flying through an ash cloud above the Indian Ocean in 1982. Several airlines were conducting test flights on Tuesday to gather details and data. European planemaker Airbus said it took advantage of scheduled test flights to check for the impact of ash on Monday and found nothing abnormal. IATA officials said the economic impact on aviation of the disaster, which cut flights on Monday to an estimated third of normal volume on Monday, was greater than after the September 11 attacks on the United States. Firms dependent on fast air freight have been feeling the strain. South Korea's Incheon International Airport, the world's fourth-busiest cargo handler in 2008, suffered 3,216 tonnes of lost shipments to Europe from April 16-19, the country's customs agency said. Twenty inbound and 25 outbound cargo flights had been canceled. Among those suffering were computer chip and electronics suppliers such as Samsung Electronics and Hynix Semiconductor. Kenya's flower exporters, which account for a third of EU imports, said they were losing up to $2 million a day. Businesses have had to find alternative ways of operating. Communications provider Cisco Systems said companies were turning to videoconferencing to connect executives. (Additional reporting by European and Asian bureaux; Writing by Sonya Hepinstall; Editing by Dominic Evans) World More from Reuters Few flights resume in Europe, new ash cloud reported LONDON (Reuters) - European airports slowly started to return to life on Tuesday after five days cut off from the world due to a huge ash cloud, but some airspace stayed closed after reports a new plume from Iceland may be on its way. Italy, Switzerland and France reopened their airports early on Tuesday though many flights remained canceled, and in Italy only a handful took off in the morning, mainly domestic flights. Hungary, Slovenia and Moldova also resumed flights. | Video Goldman Sachs profit tops forecast, UK opens probe | Video Obama predicts tough fight for Dems in November poll North Korea readying for 3rd nuclear test: report Civil rights leader Dorothy Height dies at 98 Thai "red shirts" call off march, stock prices jump » More Top News Few flights resume in Europe European airports made tentative steps toward resuming flights, but much airspace stayed closed after reports of a new plume. Full Article | Video Live Coverage: Air traffic developments Factbox: Closed airports and airspace Slideshow: Iceland's volcanic ash Natural Disasters Reuters Breakingviews: Stop worrying, love the volcano Sure, it’s been tough on industries but for the rest of us, is missing that meeting or being stranded somewhere nice such a bad thing? Commentary How have you been affected? Video: Cashing in on ash crisis Witness: An act of God? 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