Etna, Catania airport reopens: arriving and departing flights are back in operation

SAC, the management company of Catania airport, communicates that, "following the transition of the alert status for volcanic activities from red to orange, the reopening of sectors C1 and B3 of the airport has been ordered". Departure and arrival flight activities at Catania airport are restored starting from 2pm.

In the morning with one of the most classic 'stop and go' Etna continued its eruptive activity with strong explosive activity on the summit craters, which this time would have moved from the Voragine crater to the North-East crater with the emission of a high eruptive cloud, pushed by the wind in a South-South-East direction. This is what we read in a new aviation notice, the Vona (Volcano observatory notice for aviation), issued by the INGV of Catania, which has risen to the highest level, going from orange to red. The volcanic tremor, which signals the amount of 'internal energy' of Etna, which had fallen to low values, is clearly rising.

Catania's Fontanarossa airport could reopen at 2pm and not at 3pm as communicated yesterday by SAC, the company that manages the airport. The anticipation depends on the decrease in volcanic activity and the smaller quantity of ash produced by Etna. Traffic could gradually return to normal from the afternoon. Furthermore, following the transition of the alert status for volcanic activities from 'red' to 'orange', the immediate reopening of sector C1 was ordered.