Stranded travellers stuck in neutral
Scenes from airports around the globe that have been affected by the volcanic reaction in Iceland
Tourists from France, Nicolas Ribard, center lying, Marielle Bompuis, center left, Boris Solomiac, standing at right, Merault Brice, sitting top with beard, and others, who have stayed for four days, rest on the floor at New Tokyo International Airport in Narita, near Tokyo, Monday, April 19, 2010.Koji Sasahara
Passengers wait for their flight to Frankfurt in the departure terminal of Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, April 19, 2010.JO YONG-HAK
Flights in and out of St. John's were on hold Monday, April 9, 2010 due to the advancing volcanic ash from Iceland then thick fog moved in and flights are still disrupted.Paul Daly
An aerial view shows Lufthansa planes parked on the tarmac of the closed Frankfurt's airport, April 19, 2010. German airports remain closed due to the ash cloud caused by an Icelandic volcano that turned northern Europe into a no-fly zone.JOHANNES EISELE
Passengers wait at the departures terminal in Barcelona airport April 19, 2010. Large parts of Europe enforced no-fly rulings for a fifth day on Monday because of a huge ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano that has caused the worst air travel chaos since the Sept. 11 attacks.ALBERT GEA
A couple walk with their luggage through an empty departures hall at Gatwick airport in southern England, on April 19, 2010, following the closure of the airport due to ash emitted from an Icelandic volcano. Britain is dispatching Navy ships to help bring home its nationals stranded by the closure of European airspace due to volcanic ash, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday. The HMS Ark Royal and HMS Ocean were made available to help thousands of Britons stranded notably in France, he said after a meeting of the government's Cobra crisis cell to discuss its response to the situation.CARL COURT
European passengers sleep on the floor of Beijing Capital International airport after flights from China to Europe were cancelled on April 19, 2010. More than 150 flights from China to Europe have been cancelled in the past week.OLLI GEIBEL