MILAN, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Italy’s Catania airport reopened on Monday evening after three days of stoppage due to volcanic ash interference from the nearby Mount Etna.
“The state of alert has ended, ordinary status has been restored, and full services have resumed,” airport operator SAC wrote on social media.
All departures and arrivals to and from the Sicilian airport, Italy’s fifth-busiest by passenger traffic, had been suspended on Saturday due to Etna’s activity.
Mount Etna, Europe’s highest and most-active volcano, frequently disrupts flights at Catania, and ash emissions have been particularly intense this summer, affecting thousands of travelers during the peak holiday season this summer.
(Reporting by Gianluca Semeraro and Alvise Armellini, editing by Giulia Segreti and Nick Zieminski)
