A lot happened this evening here in Holland.
KLM have dispatched 3 flights with passengers this evening and hope to operate more then 50% of their schedule tomorrow.
According to our Minister of Transport they had a conference call with all the EU ministers today and they decided that the closure of all the airspace within the area charted by the VAAC was unreasonable. They will now divide the airspace in 3 categories instead of 2:
No ash.
Some ash, but not in quantities that are deemed to be unsafe.
A lot of ash.
I have not found a new map of the airspace with these 3 zones depicted on it. Nor do I know how they decide what is safe and what is unsafe.
This change in rules is permanent, not some temporary measure.
The notam for EHAA FIR says that IFR flights are now allowed in VMC and UDP conditions only.