The Met office has today stated that its early predictions of a possible major disruption for UK flights on Friday as well as over the weekend straight to Monday are actually unlikely to come to fruition and that these days it is “more hopeful” that flights should be able to remain as normal.

This about turn is desired news for tourists in the united kingdom and around the world who might have already been aiming to traverse the limited area during the weekend break. Specifically those on a journey across the UK, Ireland, Germany, Scotland as well as over Scandinavia and the volcano appears to have ended its eruption.

As a result of last years “ash cloud” madness several visitors continue being careful and are opting to buy train and ferry seats rather then endangering the potential of air traffic closure which could interrupt their particular plans. This has stretched travel firms with corporations together with DDDS Seaways and Eurostar introducing extra services to deal with the increased demand from customers.

Russ Beech, director of travel at mega.co.uk claimed “after last years ash cloud headache, people are reluctant to consider potential risk of interruption. It is right that where safety is concerned the Met office take a cautions approach and with such excellent train and ferry companies in The european union folks scheduling last minute are sensibly arranging the option with the minimum danger by avoiding air travel”.

Fortuitously, many lessons were found out last year and the Met office is seeming to be much less cautious in its approach however flight companies including Ryanair believe that flights and customer assurance may have been dented unjustifiably.