German airports extinct volcano ash

  Grimsvotn began erupting Saturday the Germany is to close its northern airspace Wednesday because of ash from a volcano in eruption in Iceland, officials said.

Bremen Airport shut 0300 GMT Hamburg would close at 0400 GMT, meteorological service of the Germany said.

The air space over Berlin and Hanover can also be affected.

Airlines UK have already cancelled flights in some parts of Scotland and Northern England. A was also disrupted the movement of air Norway and the Denmark.

Controller of air traffic in the Europe Eurocontrol said about 500 flights were cancelled because of the closure of some parts of the airspace of Britain.

The service said there was a strong possibility that the cloud of ash would travel to parts of Denmark, the Norway and the Sweden, but the impact on flights would be probably limited.

Britain's weather service, said that the concentration of volcanic ash in the UK airspace would decrease significantly during Wednesday.

France civil aviation authority said it expects a disturbance very little air traffic and do not expect to close all of the airspace of the country.

Grimsvotn volcano began erupting Saturday, sending clouds of ash high into the air.

Experts say that the eruption is on a different scale to that of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano last year, when millions of travellers were blocked in concerns about volcanic ash damage could cause to aircraft engines.

The Grimsvotn ash particles are larger than those of Eyjafjallajokull and therefore fall to the ground more quickly.

A Forecaster with the meteorological service of the said Iceland Grimsvotn produced less ash Tuesday and the plume had decreased to about 5 000 m height (16, 400 ft).