Volcanic ash halts all London flights from 1100 GMT: officials

London: All flights in and out of London’s Heathrow airport and the other airports in the capital will be suspended from 1100 GMT Thursday due to volcanic ash from Iceland, officials said.

The National Air Traffic Services agency said no non-emergency flights will be allowed in British airspace from 1100GMT.

A spokesman for the civil aviation authority said Thursday that the ban will be in effect until 1700GMT.

He said they would continue to monitor the situation and would be working with other European aviation authorities.

Hundreds of flights across Britain have already been cancelled, and airports in Scotland closed.

Heathrow is Europe’s busiest airport, with more than 1,200 flights and an average of 180,000 passengers a day.