Volcanic ash cloud shuts Spanish airports
Spain is to close 15 airports as a cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano drifts south over Western Europe.
National airport management agency Aena said nine airports were already closed and six more would shut from 1200 local time (1000 GMT).
Flights to Valencia, Alicante, Malaga, Las Palmas and Faro are expected to be disrupted until 1800 BST on Saturday.
Most flights between Europe and North America are being diverted because of the ash cloud´s latest drifting, officials at Eurocontrol said.
Flights are being rerouted around the 1,200 mile (2,000km) cloud.
Last month, thousands of travellers were stranded after ash shut down airspace across Europe.
Aena said the airports affected are Bilbao, San Sebastian, Vitoria, Zaragoza, Pamplona, La Rioja, Santiago, A Coruna, Vigo, Asturias, Santander, Leon, Valladolid, Burgos and Salamanca.
Recent images have shown activity in the Eyjafjallajokull volcano intensifying.
Experts at the UK´s Met Office said it was sending ash up to heights of 30,000 ft (9,100m).
Flights across Ireland and parts of the UK were disrupted earlier this week.
