New Ash fly regulations less disruption

New rules come into force that will mean less than 3% of flights will be canceled by the Iceland ash cloud.

The move comes from the Civil Aviation Authority following talks with airlines, regulators, and aircraft and engine manufacturers.

A new area of operations is being introduced that creates a ‘Time Limited Zone (TLZ)’ between the black ‘No Fly Zone (NFZ)’ and the red ‘Enhanced Procedures Zone (EPZ)’.

The new regulations mean that during the last two days, when Flybe for Example had to cancel 380 flights, Under the new Ash regulations it would have had to cancel only 21