Thousands of passengers were forced to abandon plans after ash from an Icelandic volcano caused the cancellation of 500 flights on Tuesday, but officials said Europe's airways would be less disrupted

Northern German air traffic was grounded early on Wednesday by ash spewed from Iceland's Grimsvoetn volcano, with airports in Berlin the latest to close.

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London, July 30: British Airways on Friday said net losses widened to 122 million pounds during its first quarter as strike action and the Icelandic ash cloud grounded flights, but insisted it was set