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South Africa’s airports company announced the cancellation of a more flights to Europe on Sunday as the chaos wrought by a volcanic eruption in Iceland continued into its fourth day. Thousands of passengers have been stranded in Johannesburg, one of Africa’s main transport hubs, as dozens of flights have been cancelled while the volcanic cloud lingers over European airspace.
British Airways, Air France, South African Airways (SAA), Virgin Atlantic, KLM and Lufthansa are among the companies that have cancelled flights to destinations across northern and central Europe.
SAA, which cancelled six flights to Europe on Sunday and warned further cancellations were possible, said it is paying for one night’s hotel stay for passengers stranded in transit. "We are trying as much as possible to assist, but we are limited also in terms of how much we can assist," said SAA spokesman Fani Zulu. "We are responding to an act of nature, it’s not a development as a result of a fault of our own."
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