Flights paralysed: Which airports open?

Eurocontrol, the European air navigation and safety organisation, says around 63,000 flights have been cancelled since April 15 when Iceland's volcano first erupted.

Of around 24,000 flights that normally operate on a Sunday, only around 4000 would have taken off in Europe, Eurocontrol said.

The following information is current as of midday Monday New Zealand time:

New Zealand and Australia: Most airlines are flying to Asian and American destinations as part of long-haul journeys to Europe. However the majority of airlines including Air New Zealand and Qantas have cancelled connecting flights from Asia and the US to Britain and Europe until at least Tuesday.

Air NZ's latest advisory says:

• Tonight's NZ2 service to Los Angeles and London will terminate at Los Angeles.

• Tonight's NZ39 service to Hong Kong and London will terminate at Hong Kong.

• NZ1 from London to Los Angeles and Auckland due to depart Monday afternoon (UK time) remains on schedule pending further updates from UK authorities.

United Kingdom: All airspace closed until at least 0000 GMT Monday.

Ireland: All airspace closed until at least 1200 GMT Monday.

France: All airspace north of between Nice on the Mediterranean and Bordeaux near the Atlantic will remain closed through 0600 GMT Tuesday. Air France tried five evaluation test flights Sunday. Airports in Marseille, Nice and Toulouse remain open through Monday.

Germany: Air traffic control slightly loosened its ban on flights from the country Sunday, temporarily allowing some traffic at Frankfurt and airports in the north. Flights were allowed from the Frankfurt hub and the smaller Hahn airport nearby until 1800 GMT - but only for planes heading to some destinations to the north. They - along with the airports in Hannover, Erfurt and Leipzig, which also were cleared for limited operations Sunday afternoon - will be closed again until at least 0000 GMT Monday. The two Berlin airports were allowed to operate until 2000 GMT Sunday - but only for some planes headed eastward. All other German airports, including Munich, remained closed.

Austria: Airports closed until at least 0000 GMT. Overflights at or above 8000 metres are allowed.

Belgium: Belgian airspace closed until at least 0600 GMT Monday, but likely to decide then whether to let fleets reposition empty aircraft for traffic when service resumes.

The Netherlands: All airspace closed until at least 1200 GMT Sunday.

Switzerland: Airspace closed until at least 1200 GMT Monday. Planes using instruments can fly across Switzerland as long as they stay above 11,000 metres.

Italy: Airspace in northern Italy closed until 0600 GMT Monday.

Spain: Reopened all its airports at 1330 GMT. Flights to all European destinations except Portugal, south Italy, Greece and Istanbul remain closed. Flights to north and south America operating normally.

Sweden: Airspace closed in southern Sweden, including Stockholm. Air travel permitted north of the city of Soderhamn in central Sweden.

Denmark: Airspace closure has been extended until at least 0600 GMT Monday.

Finland: Airspace closed until 1500 GMT Monday.

Norway: Authorities have lifted air travel restrictions in most parts of central and northern Norway down to Bergen. Airspace in the far north and south, including the capital, remain closed but Oslo's Gardermoen airport could open during the evening.

Iceland: Flights to UK and mainland Europe suspended indefinitely; flights to US operating normally.

Bulgaria: Reopens airspace for overflights above 8000 metres. Airports in Sofia, the capital, and the southern city of Plovdiv were temporarily reopened Sunday afternoon, but flights to all European destinations except Cyprus, Greece and Moscow remained closed.

Poland: Airspace closed Sunday. Overflights permitted above 6100 metres.

Czech Republic: Airspace closed until at least 1000 GMT Monday.

Slovakia: Airspace closed until at least Sunday evening.

Russia: Russian airlines are cancelling flights to various points in Europe, but Russian airspace remains open.

Croatia: The country's airspace reopened mid-Sunday except small Osijek airport in the east. Flights from Split and Dubronvik to Madrid and Rome are on, as well as domestic flights.

Turkey: Black Sea cities of Zonguldak, Sinop and Samsun closed until 0900 GMT Monday. Istanbul Ataturk, Turkey's main airport, could be affected Monday.

- AP