Airlines welcome move towards single EU sky

LOCAL airlines have welcomed plans for new measures to help prevent further disruption to air travel as a result of volcanic ash.

EU transport ministers have agreed to the measures, which include speeding up current plans to integrate Europe's air space and creating a 'single European regulator for a single European sky'.

The European Commission has said it will also draw up guidelines to allow national governments to compensate airlines.

A Flybe spokesman said the measures would be of help in the future.

Aurigny commercial director Malcolm Coupar said they had yet to see the measures in depth, but they would be welcome.

Blue Islands MD Paul Sabin said it was difficult to comment on a huge subject that 'had been on the agenda for years'.

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