Most of airlines are kept on the ground since last Thursday. Some companies dared to start flying today, but most of Northern and Central Europe is still isolated from the rest of world. Air companies try to see how they can overcome the huge economic impact of the crisis and think about asking indemnities to states, but most passengers wait and lay down in airports, knowing they won’t receive a financial compensation but hoping to arrive home.

Taken as a whole, European growth had been estimated to be one to 1.5 percent this year. This means if the disturbance persists, some countries would not have any growth and the crisis in Europe would become an even bigger giant and the financial disaster can have deep consequences on workers jobs and salaries.

A few flights have recommenced this morning in northern Europe but the Icelandic volcano continues to play chaos with air travel plans. Eurocontrol, the European aviation control agency has recently settled a pact with the European Commission to restart European air traffic but air controllers are warning of a second ash cloud in direction of major air routes.

On the contrary, volcanologists say that Eyjafjallajökull it is now producing lava which means less ash, but anyone can be positively sure about how to measure if it is safe to fly.

EL and GUE/NGL President Lothar Bisky added today in the European Parliament that it was "irresponsible for airlines to allow pilots to fly 'at their own risk'". Competition and profit seeking must not take precedence over the security of passengers,( …) and it is positive that the European Commission would help struggling companies recover from this financial disaster. "However" he cautioned, "If public money is offered to airlines, they must commit to maintaining jobs and salaries for their workers."