La Palma: A plane landed on the island after four days

An aircraft landed on the island earlier Wednesday La Palma, in the Spanish archipelago of the Canary Islands, the first since the closure of the airport on Saturday due to the eruption of Kubre Vieha volcano.

This news was broadcast tonight by the French Agency, citing managing company of the Spanish airports Aena and the airline Binter, to which the plane belongs.

The plane landed in La Palma early in the afternoon (local time), coming from the neighboring island Tenerife, a local Aena spokesperson told AFP.

“We are resuming flights with La Palma”, the company confirmed in a message on Twitter, also stating that it continues cooperation to send aid to the victims of the eruption of the volcano “.

The resumption of air services is marked “after one improving conditions (airline) securityIn La Palma, the company added.

According to the Aena website, there are other flights as well scheduled for later today, to and from other Canary Islands.

La Palma airport suspended operation Saturday morning due to overcrowding ash, which was released from the Kubre Vieha.

Officially, the airport reopened on Sunday, but flights not performed to date, pending an improvement in flight conditions.

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