The Spanish Airports Authority, AENA, closed Málaga and Granada/Jaén aiports in Andalucía at 1730 CET on Tuesday night because of the volcanic ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjalla.
As the cloud moved east, Sevilla Airport was able to reopen in the afternoon, and at 2115 CET Málaga was also re-opened after being closed for nearly four hours.
The only airport with problems on Wednesday is Valencia which was closed at 2am Wednesday morning, but which is expected to reopen at 8am.
Jerez, Granada and La Palma remained closed through Tuesday night but have reopened this morning, and Badajoz is also now open again. Fuerteventura was closed for the first time at 1900 CET on Tuesday but is also open again this morning.
Earlier flight restrictions in some parts of Spanish airspace between 20,000 and 35,000 feet, led to delays in operations, and allowing only 25% of normal airspace capacity over Sevilla, Madrid and Barcelona, but all these were lifted at 2000 on Tuesday night. AENA noted that the lifting of this restriction would do a great deal to clear the delays, as flights would be able to operate normally and airlines could return to their normal flight paths.
The Spanish Ministry of Defence had on Monday opened its airspace to commercial traffic to try and ease the situation, and the Ministry for Development created a coordination commission to try and guarantee air services across the country
Source: Typically Spanish
