Etna's Eruption Halts Catania Flights, Disrupting Summer Travel

Sicily's Catania airport has suspended flights again as Mount Etna continues to spew lava and volcanic ash, according to Deutsche Welle. The eruption has disrupted travel during the peak summer holiday season, when thousands of tourists pass through the airport daily on their way to the island's beaches and historic sites.

The closure is the latest in a series of disruptions this summer as the volcano, one of Europe's most active, has repeatedly sent ash clouds into flight paths. Catania is a major gateway for eastern Sicily, serving the cities of Catania, Taormina and Syracuse, and the suspension has stranded travellers and forced airlines to reroute or cancel connections.