Serbian airspace to reopen

According to the Serbia and Montenegro Air Traffic Services Agency, the airspace above Serbia would be opened for aircrafts to fly through at 18:00 CET Sunday.

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Sunday, 18.04.2010.

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According to the Serbia and Montenegro Air Traffic Services Agency, the airspace above Serbia would be opened for aircrafts to fly through at 18:00 CET Sunday. Based on new information on the movement of the volcanic ash from Iceland, it was confirmed that the conditions have been met for planes to fly through the Serbia safely. Serbian airspace to reopen Flights would be able to take off and arrive to the airports in Nis, Podgorica, and Tivat, but not yet in Belgrade. The airspace above Serbia stayed closed for the majority of Sunday because of the spreading of volcanic ash from this week’s eruption in Iceland. The airspace above Serbia, Montenegro and parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina was closed at 16:00 CET on Saturday. Air travel has been suspended in Croatia and parts of Macedonia as well. “We have only done this in training, as theory and this is the first time it has not only happened to us, but the whole world,” Flight Control Director in Belgrade, Bruno Genal, said. Genal said that of the 1,500 flights within the regional agency’s airspace, only 30 to 40 would be realized. Several flights to Montenegro, Greece and Skopje, Macedonia, were able to take off over the weekend. The agency has posted information on its internet website (www.smatsa.rs) at which the prognosis of the movement of the volcanic ash can be followed.

Serbian airspace to reopen

Flights would be able to take off and arrive to the airports in Niš, Podgorica, and Tivat, but not yet in Belgrade.

The airspace above Serbia stayed closed for the majority of Sunday because of the spreading of volcanic ash from this week’s eruption in Iceland.

The airspace above Serbia, Montenegro and parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina was closed at 16:00 CET on Saturday.

Air travel has been suspended in Croatia and parts of Macedonia as well.

“We have only done this in training, as theory and this is the first time it has not only happened to us, but the whole world,” Flight Control Director in Belgrade, Bruno Genal, said.

Genal said that of the 1,500 flights within the regional agency’s airspace, only 30 to 40 would be realized. Several flights to Montenegro, Greece and Skopje, Macedonia, were able to take off over the weekend.

The agency has posted information on its internet website (www.smatsa.rs) at which the prognosis of the movement of the volcanic ash can be followed.

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