Updated at: 1120 PST, Saturday, April 17, 2010
LONDON: British air authorities reintroduced a flight ban on the country's entire airspace on Saturday because of the Iceland volcano ash cloud and warned the situation was 'worsening'.
Restrictions which had earlier been lifted on flights over Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England were reapplied, said the National Air Traffic Services (NATS).
'Current forecasts show that the situation is worsening throughout Saturday,' said NATS, which manages British airspace.
The ban was also extended by six hours to 7pm (1800 GMT, 3am Singapore time).
The air authority had introduced a virtually unprecedented flight ban across all British airspace at midday on Thursday, before relaxing the restrictions in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Manchester in north-west England.
Britain is one of more than 15 European countries to have introduced flight bans because of the ash cloud.
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