EUROPE REOPENS FOR FLIGHTS

London, England (CNN) -- Airports across Europe began reopening Wednesday, six days after ash from an Icelandic volcano forced the shutdown of airspace and stranded thousands of passengers around the world.

The airspace over the United Kingdom, Norway, Belgium and Ireland was open again, and German and Danish airspace was expected to reopen fully later in the day, air traffic authorities said.
French authorities said all long-haul flights were leaving from Paris airports, along with 60 percent of short-haul flights.

A British Airways flight from Vancouver was the first to land at London's Heathrow Airport late Tuesday, and a total of 25 mostly long-haul flights had landed by the morning, the airport said. There were no takeoffs by Wednesday morning, though, and the airport warned that not all flights would operate right away.

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Manchester Airport said four planes would land there Wednesday morning but no departures had yet been scheduled.
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Moreover, according to Crete local press, more than 8,000 tourists are stranded in Crete due to the volcanic activity, and the cost of this situation is estimated approx. 500,000 € daily. To help tourists move to their destination, the cretan agency Cretan Holidays S.A hired coaches to manage to send tourists with health problems or in emergency to Germany, using vessel to Piraeus and then by road to Germany.