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No End In Sight For Havoc Of Icelandic VolcanoPlanes are indefinitely grounded, and this eruption could trigger a larger volcano nearby Chris Sorensen Friday, April 16, 2010 4:48pm The Icelandic volcano eruption that has thrown the entire European airline industry into crisis this week—when a massive cloud of ash forced the shutdown of airspace over the Continent—has actually been brewing for several months. After nearly 200 years of lying dormant, the volcano beneath the Eyjafjallajökull glacier on Iceland’s southern coast began to rumble to life last December. The first sign of trouble was a series of earthquakes that suggested that...

Many Laredoans going to other airports to fly out BY CHUCK OWEN LMTBusiness writer Even with the regional jets being flown by American Eagle and Continental Express, Laredo still must deal with "leakage," air travelers that go elsewhere to catch a flight rather than flying out of Laredo International Airport. The Laredo Airport Advisory Board heard a presentation Wednesday from consultants that indicates Laredo enplanements amount to only 36 percent of all people departing Laredo for other points. Many of the others going to other places in the United States drive to San Antonio to make their air departure. Those...