April 20, 2010 10:00 a.m. EDT
By the CNN Wire Staff
(CNN) -- Weather conditions aren't set to change over Europe until Friday, meaning the volcanic ash may linger over the continent until then, a spokeswoman from Britain's weather service, the Met Office, said Tuesday.
Starting Friday, southwesterly winds will start taking the ash away from the United Kingdom, the spokeswoman told CNN.
About 14,000 flights were expected to operate in European airspace Tuesday -- half of scheduled air traffic, according to Eurocontrol, the intergovernmental body that manages European air travel.
Some flights resume as new ash cloud forms
Latest travel picture by country:
China
- Air China said it will resume flying from Beijing to Moscow, Rome, and Stockholm. Flights to London, Paris, and Frankfurt are still suspended, it said.
Japan
- Japan Airlines said it planned to run a round-trip flight between Tokyo and Rome. It added an extra flight from Tokyo to Rome to help stranded passengers get home. Since Thursday JAL has canceled 55 flights, which has affected 14,000 passengers, the airline said.
Russia
- Twelve Russian airports were suffering flight delays and cancellations Tuesday because of the flight disruptions in Europe, the Russian Transport Ministry said. Moscow's international Sheremetyevo Airport has been affected far more than others, with 308 canceled flights and 127 delayed, the ministry said.
- Countrywide, 531 flights were cancelled and 177 were delayed, it said.
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