Mount Etna ash suspends arrivals at Italy’s Catania airport

Catania international airport services the eastern part of Sicily, one of Italy’s most popular tourist destinations.Published On 8 Aug 20268 Aug 2026Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has belched smoke and ashes in a new eruption, forcing the suspension of arrivals at a nearby airport in Sicily.“Due to Etna’s eruptive activity and the associated release of volcanic ash into the atmosphere, the airspace corresponding to the cloud … has been closed,” Catania airport said in a statement on Saturday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3In Pictures: Etna’s spectacular new eruptionlist 2 of 3Etna eruption sends rocks and lava flying, injures 10list 3 of 3Concerns about eruptions at Italy’s Mt Etnaend of list“All arriving flights at Catania Airport are suspended until 12:00 local time (10:00 GMT). Departures of aircraft currently at the airport are operating normally,” it added.Catania international airport services the eastern part of Sicily, one of Italy’s most popular tourist destinations.A plume of smoke could also be seen billowing from the summit on a webcam on the website of the National Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology, which monitors Etna.At 3,...