- Giant ash cloud 'less dense than first predicted'
- Relief for millions of Britons planning Bank Holiday getaway
- Most, 'if not all' planes should be able to fly
- 'Only a handful' of UK flights facing disruption
- Germany and Holland bear brunt of cloud today
- Friday could still see severe disruption from ash already in the atmosphere
A giant ash cloud is still on course to arrive over the UK at a height of 35,000ft by noon tomorrow (FRI) - but will be less dense than first predicted, according to the latest Met Office forecast.
But aviation chiefs have been given new powers and new contingency plans to allow planes to fly under the cloud in case the Icelandic volcano erupts again in future. It is the first time planes have been allowed to fly under a volcanic cloud in UK airspace.
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