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Flights are returning to normal in major Argentine and Uruguayan airports, but ash from a Chilean volcano is now reaching Australia.

Meanwhile, some German airports were reopened Wednesday after cancellations due to the cloud of volcanic ash. Bremen has reopened and Hamburg is allowing takeoffs and landings, according to Deutsche Flugsicherung, the German aviation safety agency. Airports in Berlin will resume flights at 2 p.m. local time ( 8 a.m. ET).

The spread of dense ash from the erupting Iceland volcano could force the cancellation of up to 500 commercial flights in Northern Ireland, Scotland and parts of Scandinavia, the European air traffic agency said Tuesday.

Airline passengers can feel like a pinball these days: getting bumped, unexpected layovers, canceled flights, switched airlines and losing luggage. Coping well can lessen the headaches.

The airline is inspecting the planes after a five-foot hole ripped through the roof of one of its jets on Friday during a flight.

U.S. airlines canceled thousands of flights on Tuesday ahead of a blizzard that has promised near-record snowfall in the U.S. Plains and the central Midwest.

The ripple effects from over 4,000 canceled flights at the New York area’s three major airports threatened to leave travelers stranded through the New Year.

Indonesia s most volatile volcano sparked transportation chaos Sunday, with several international airlines canceling flights to the capital and neighboring Malaysia airlifting out hundreds of its citizens.

New eruptions send volcanic ash cloud toward Britain and threaten plans to resume flights.

A huge ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano spreading out across Europe is causing air travel chaos on a scale unseen since the September 11 attacks and costing airlines hundreds of millions of dollars.