Fly to Let property owners with customers travelling to and from the Irish Republic, Northern Ireland and some Scottish airports faced more air chaos last week when a fresh cloud of volcanic ash drifted south from Iceland.

Although the situation was not as widespread as the original shut down it still created a confusing situation with air space being shut and then reopened again at different times throughout the week.

On Tuesday all flights in and out of the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland were banned between 7am and 1pm. Flights over remote parts of Scotland were also disrupted.

The following day airports in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland were again affected and it was feared the disruption could spread to other UK airports.

But the CAA issued a statement saying that based on the most up to date information available they had assessed that most airports could safely remain open but advised travellers to check before going to the airports as the situation was still dynamic and changeable.

EasyJet, Ryanair and Flybe had already taken the decision to cancel or suspend some flights when a no fly zone was brought back in at 1pm on Wednesday after the ash cloud moved south and changed shape once again.

Some Scottish airports were already closed and these were joined by Belfast City, Belfast International, the Isle of Man and Edinburgh.

Airports remained closed during Wednesday night but on Thursday came the news that passengers booked on morning flights would be able to travel when airspace was reopened after the ash cloud drifted in a westerly direction away from the UK.

A statement by air traffic controller NATS reported: “The no-fly zone imposed by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) tracking the high density area of the volcanic ash cloud, has moved west overnight and has now cleared UK airspace.

“According to latest information from the Met Office, from 0700 today all UK airfields will be available. We continue to maintain close dialogue with the Met Office and with the CAA, which is responsible for imposing no-fly zones.”

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