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The Eyjafjallajokul eruption and the ash cloud hurt airlines recovery, according to IATA. Flights in various European airports were immediately cancelled last month because the ash cloud was so strong making it impossible for any aircraft to fly.
“The ash crisis affected the global recovery having a negative impact on carriers in all regions,” said Giovanni Bisignani, director general of the International Air Transport Association.

Experts were predicting that this situation would continue even during the summer time but the Met Office in the UK reports as per May 24th that the volcano was no longer emitting ash.  However, geologists and volcanologists say it is a quiet and “paused” phase. If the pause lasts for more than 3 months, the volcano will be considered dormant. Nearby the Eyjafjallajoekull glacier there is a bigger volcano that could erupt at any time, so airlines should be cautious this summer.

The losses caused by the closures and delays in April were massive. No less than $2 billion of losses were reported by the airline industry and this could continue because of the behavious of Eyjafjallajokul.

It is estimated that the volcano would continue to rumble for more than a year based on its previous behavior in 1821.