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New Met Office System to Halve Flight Cancellations from Volcanic Ash by 2025

New Met Office System to Halve Flight Cancellations from Volcanic Ash by 2025

29 Nov 2025 by Darius Beckham

The Met Office's new QVA forecasting system, launching November 2025, will cut aviation disruption from volcanic ash by 50% compared to 2010's Eyjafjallajökull eruption by using precise ash concentration data instead of visible cloud boundaries.