**UK airline passengers are facing disruption as an ash cloud from an Icelandic volcanic eruption drifts towards the country.**The Air Traffic Control Service, NATS, said the decision had been made after advice from the Met Office as volcanic ash can damage aircraft engines.
Flights are currently banned from northern Scotland with Aberdeen Airport warning of “considerable impact”.
The cloud of ash is expected to move South, forecasters say.
Passengers have been advised to contact airlines to check on their flights and EasyJet has said the volcanic cloud could cause “significant disruption”.
Impact
The eruption under a glacier in the Eyjafjallajoekull area of Iceland is the second in Iceland in less than a month.
Aberdeen Airport said a planned closure of airspace from midnight was expected to affect flight arrivals and departures.
A spokeswoman for the airport said: "The closure will come into effect locally at midnight and may also spread to other parts of Scotland.
“It has been ordered by the air traffic control service NATS - as a result of volcanic ash which is drifting towards the country from Iceland.”
A spokeswoman for EasyJet said: "Following the eruption of a volcano in Iceland earlier today, the Met Office have advised airlines that the ash plume may reach UK air space overnight.
"As a result this may cause significant disruption to flights departing the UK tomorrow.
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