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Scheduled flights will take off today. thats some good news. >> transportation officials from the european union are holding emergency talks saying, we cant wait for the cloud to just go away. its estimated close to 7 million travelers have been affected so far and the airlines may be losing $200 million a day. >> a global travel group is calling flight restrictions embarrassing and telling them to lift the ban right now after dozens of test flights went okay. some experts are saying better safe...

30,000 feet, and test flights going up, germany is testing the air, air france, british airways and klm have put up test flights and they have all concerned to the ground reporting no problems, the czech republic has opened its air space but something you should be mindful of in the states is the ash plume has reached across the atlantic and has touched remote parts of canada. bill: mike tobin, thank you. if you viewers dont recall mike was fellowing -- was flying from jerusalem bound for new yo...

There may be a silver lining. maybe this thing is starting to clear a bit. we are hoping. today, safety experts considering the possibility of reopening some more air space over europe. a few dozen test flights have shown that much of the continent may be safe for air travel. austria, sweden and finland have opened some of their air space. experts say the eruption has, quote, virtually ceased. no way of knowing whether that will last or if it is just temporary. the cost, huge. the worlds airline...

Are not spending the money they normally would and we were told sea world in orlando is offering a free days admission to any stranded european passengers, just show a ticket and back to the u.k., or europe, dated between april 14 and april 21 and at least they can spend a free day at sea world, martha. martha: it will be interesting to see when the test flights go up and, how people feel about that. youll be a guinea pig, if you are the first one to fly through there. >> reporter: but theyve ha...

All right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. first, late news. large portions of europe remain under a no fly order because of the huge volcanoic ash cloud from iceland. some airlines are conducting test flights to see if it is safe to resume operations but normal service is not expected for days. president obama and other world leaders were forced to cancel their flights to attend the state funeral in krakow for the president and first lady of poland who were...

The organization that represents the worlds airlines saying that the european government acted without consultation, without risk assessment and without coordination. its all compounded by the fact that some five airlines have put up test flights, all of those returned to the ground without showing any signs of damage whatsoever. lufthansa announcing some 50 flights are going to make it into germany at scattered times throughout the day. now, the prime ministers office of england announcing the ...

Icelands volcano, the ash cloud may be breaking. plus this. we had protesters. and we voiced our opinion and we didnt want them. but its just, you know -- were just little peons. >> president obama pushes nuclear energy, but not in their backyard. a georgia town wants to know if its high cancer rate is linked to the nuclear plants. this hour, european aviation officials meet to discuss results of various test flights conducted by major airlines. this comes as the volcanic ash-choking skies a...

I first wanted to ask about the latest from britain and the fact that some flights are being permitted and reaction from the governments involved. >> the airlines are getting increasingly angry, especially after they did some test flights over the weekend. they sent planes up without passengers and landed without incident. these airlines are saying, whats the matter -- >> if youll stand by, weve got the vice president now. >> early this morning on -- early in the morning, october 18th, iraqi sec...

Russia. scores of polish government and military leaders died in that crash. thousands of people watched the service on giant screens outside the cathedral. icelands volcano just keeps erupting, but we soon could see some relief for travelers. meteorologist jacqui jeras is here. jacqui, what are you hearing? >> well, were hearing a little bit of good news. is that we did have some dissipation, today, don, and that allowed those test flights to take place today and all those pilots from several...

Erupt that long in this particular case. >> weve been talking a lot about the fact it sort of hit the airline industry very hard right now. they are losing hundreds of millions a day as traffic has stopped across the air. but they are eager to get planes running again and they have run the test flights without passengers and theyve been fine. what are the hazards of the volcanic ash that they go throughout and do you think the test flights will show it is okay? >> your last statement first, the ...