International flights still operate to and from Keflavik International Airport, in spite of the eruption in Dyngjujökull glacier, near Bárðarbunga, which started earlier today.
The Met Office has raised the aviation color code from orange to red resulting in the air space immediately above the eruption site being closed. There is still no reason to close Iceland‘s air space as such, according to Melissa Anne Pfeffe, an expert on ash distribution at the Met Office. International air traffic is therefore not affected.
International air traffic not affected
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An eruption in Dyngjujökull glacier
Scientists at the Icelandic Met Office believe that a small sub-glacial volcanic eruption has now started under the icecap of Dyngjujökull glacier in the Northern part of Vatnajökull glacier
Chances of eruption increase as seismic activity drags on
Scientists differ on how to interpret several large quakes from Thursday that originated in the center of the Bárðarbunga caldera.
Strongest earthquake yet in Bardarbunga
An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 shook the Bardarbunga volcano just before midnight last night.
