Ok, so you have four choices this week:
1. Pay attention to politics
2. Keep an eye out for volcanic ash smothering the skies again
3. Ignore them all
4. Both 1 and 2
This week, I’ll be doing both 1 and 2.
But here is a brilliant visualisation of the effect that the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull had on European aviation. The emptiness of the skies of north-western Europe on April 16th and 17th gradually gives way to a familiar frenzy. Flightradar24 is responsible for the data, which show some gaps in France and over the Atlantic.
Thanks to The Economist for this video
