A volcanic ash cloud currently extending from Iceland, to the UK, Scandinavia and moving down to central Europe including parts of Russia is causing huge disruptions to flights scheduled to operate in European airspace.

Due to this cloud, parts of European airspace have been shut down affecting airlines that operate through these parts.

Today Tuesday, 20th April, Air Malta will be operating the following flights:

KM490 dep Malta 1425hrs arr Zurich 1645hrs Schedule Flight

KM491 dep Zurich 1740hrs arr Malta 1945 hrs

KM3492 Dep Malta 1700hrs arr Zurich 1920hrs Extra Flight

KM3493 dep Zurich 2010hrs arr Malta 2225hrs

KM3612 dep Malta 1700hrs arr Rome 1830hrs Extra Flight

KM3613 dep Rome 1930hrs arr Malta 2100hrs

KM614 dep Malta 1715hrs arr Rome 1845hrs Schedule Flight

KM615 dep Rome 1950hrs arr Reggio 2100hrs

KM615 dep Reggio 2145hrs arr Malta 2235hrs Schedule Flight

KM3470 dep Malta 1400hrs arr Toulouse 1610hrs Extra

KM3471 dep Toulouse 1700hrs arr Malta 1920hrs Flight

Air Malta today (Tuesday) operated the following scheduled flights: KM612/3 to Rome Fiumicino, KM696/7 to Tripoli and KM1308/1408 to Catania. All other flights have been cancelled.

Air Malta will be operating more extra relief flights tomorrow over and above its normal schedule subject to the lifting of airspace restrictions and flight slots confirmed. These flights will be communicated as soon as slots are confirmed.

Air Malta is closely monitoring the situation and will advise its passengers of any changes in its flight operations as a result of these airspace restrictions on www.airmalta.com.

Air Malta is offering its passengers free re-booking on any Air Malta operated scheduled flight or full refund of ticket. For any re-booking or re-routing enquiries clients can contact Air Malta’s International Call Centre on +356 21662211. The call centre will remain open until midnight and will open again for business at 0500hrs (local time).

Due to this situation, clients due to travel from Malta International Airport are advised to contact flight enquiries of the airport on tel: 5004 3333 for further information and to confirm flight arrival / departure times.

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