Originally Posted by
danaut
How do you find out this information? Is there an "official" website that gives current updates? (sure wish I was in Tahiti waiting thru this.)
French news bulletins (Le Monde). Sorry, no official site. In English, the BBC web site has been pretty good about remaining updated.
Edit to add: apparently lots of carriers and airports are starting to add pressure regarding the flight restrictions. From the BBC:
Europe's airlines and airports have called for an immediate reassessment of flight restrictions imposed because of volcanic ash from Iceland.
Two bodies that represent most of Europe's airlines and airports say they question the extent of the flight restrictions currently imposed.
Airlines that have carried out test flights say planes showed no obvious damage after flying through the ash.