Posted by British air passengers faced more misery on Saturday as a volcanic ash cloud from Iceland continued to disrupt European flight schedules.
Many flights to Spain, France and Portugal were grounded, with further disruption expected on Sunday.
The ash cloud closed 16 Spanish airports, including the international hub Barcelona.
National Air Traffic Service (Nats) said a no-fly zone was now in place over some Scottish islands.
The volcano has become more active in recent days and flights are being re-routed north and south of the 1,200 mile (2,000km) long cloud.
Stornoway on Lewis and Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides are among those affected, as were some Loganair services to Orkney and Shetland.
Disruption warnings
On Saturday evening Ryanair said it expected airspace over Italy’s Milan Bergamo airport and Porto, in Portugal, to be closed or restricted on Sunday morning, and listed a number of flights it may cancel.
Earlier Ryanair had cancelled Saturday’s flights to and from destinations including Spain, Portugal and France.
At London Stansted Airport, 22 Ryanair flights to the Canary Islands, mainland Spain and Portugal were cancelled, along with three EasyJet flights.
Flights from Gatwick to Portugal, Alicante and Madrid were cancelled and at Heathrow some flights to La Coruna in northern Spain were also grounded.
Ryanair also cancelled some services from East Midlands, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds and Liverpool airports and warned airspace over southern France could also be restricted
It urged passengers to check details of their flights before travelling to the airport.
Most flights between Europe and North America are being diverted because of the ash cloud’s location, officials at European air traffic agency Eurocontrol said.
Volcanic activity
The volcano has become more active in recent days and flights are being re-routed north and south of the 1,200 mile (2,000km) long cloud.
On Saturday passengers at Heathrow Airport were told to expect delays of between 10 to 15 minutes to allow time to fly around the ash cloud.
But a spokesman for the airport said that disruption to European services was minimal, with only a small number of flights going to La Coruna affected.
The Met Office said currently the north-easterly winds were keeping the ash away from the UK but as the winds changed to a northerly direction, there was a possibility that some ash could affect southern Ireland.
Recent images have shown activity in the Eyjafjallajokull volcano intensifying.
Experts at the Met Office said it was sending ash up to heights of 30,000 ft (9,100m).
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