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klm boeing 747Amsterdam  One by one airline in Europe began to be done, following the cessation of bursts of volcanic ash from the mountain in Iceland, which last week led to the European aviation paralyzed. Three flights started from Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam on Monday (19/4/2010) evening for Shanghai, Dubai and New York by airline KLM.”Three flights scheduled to leave tonight”, said a spokesman for the airline KLM, Saskia Kranendonk as reported by AFP on Tuesday (20/4/2010). The plane left the airport around 8:30 pm local time or 18:30 GMT.According to Saskia, is the type of aircraft flown by Boeing 747 each carrying 275 passengers, and the Airbus 330 can carry 243 passengers.

Previously, airlines in the Netherlands closed on Thursday, April 15, 2010 because of volcanic ash clouds from Iceland disrupt the flight path the country windmills.Previous Dutch Minister of Transport has also announced that the plane will be landing at Schiphol, Amsterdam on Tuesday (20/4/2010) morning.KLM airlines reported losses due to flight delays are between 5-10 million Euros (U.S. $ 6,7-13,4).