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Airways magazinenewsGrimvötn eruptsOn the 21st of May,the Icelandic volcano‘’Grimsvötn’’ erupted.The volcanic ash climbedtowards the sky and beganto cover it. While expertsweren’t forecasting amassive disruption like‘’Eyjafjallajökull’’ resultedin. Still on the same day,flights all over Icelandwere cancelled. The ashcloud started to movesouthwards against Scotlandand Scandinavia overthe following days. As aresult, flights originating inScotland were cancelled.Mainly Domestic, Europeanand Intercontinental flightswere cancelled for the day,while Charters to Spainand Portugal were runningnormally. Airports in Scandinaviawere closed as well.The following day, theash cloud had movedtowards the northern partof Germany. As a result,airports in Berlin, Hamburgand Bremen were closedfor a few hours, until itbecame clear, that theamount of ash lying inthe air couldn’t affect anyaircraft.A few days later, mostflights were running normalagain.Finally, on the 28th ofMay, Grimsvötn’s eruptionstopped.If you’re bored,rent an iPad....Iceland Express, anExpress states following:as in-flight entertainment.Icelandic low cost carrier,has introduced an offer torent an iPad on all theirtransatlantic flights.‘’In case you don’t havesomething better to doon our flights, we’re nowoffering a shiny new gadgetfor your fondling pleasure.Fancy that.On it, you’ll be ableto watch movies andtelevision shows, listen tomusic, read magazines andPassengers, which wishto make use of this offer,pay £9 for one flight.On their Blog, IcelandIt’s called an “iPad.” (Youmay have heard of it.) Andapparently we’re the firstEuropean airline to offer itplay games. Also, waving itaround is a really good wayto get the immediate attentionof our cabin crew’’Malév’s new CEOOn the 1st of June 2011, Malév Ground Handling inOneworld member and 1993.Hungarian flag carrier He’s taken over theMalév appointed it’s new position, after Martin GaussCEO, Lóránt Limburger. stepped down in March2011.Limburger has been Beside his active role, hepreviously active as CEO of will continue looking afterMalév Ground Handling, Malév’s ground handlingsince 2007. He joined operations.New Naplesscenery onthe roadFSX BAV pilots flyingthe BA route fromGatwick to Naples willnow be delighted withNapulevole’s newestrelease.People using this betaversion of the scenery canenjoy a custom runway andtaxiway textures, aswellas custom buildings andtextures. All this with a verygood freeware quality. Thescenery can be found onthe developers website.