Frankfurt Airport Closed Due to Ash Cloud

April 16 -- Fraport AG’s Frankfurt airport was closed this morning due to the cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland moving across Europe, and will remain closed for an undetermined period, an official at Germany’s DFS air traffic control agency said.
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, a base airport for Ryanair Holdings Plc, was also closed, the official said.The closure of the Hamburg, Bremen, Hanover, Muenster/Osnabrueck, Dusseldorf and Cologne airports, as well as both Berlin airports, was extended from 8 a.m. for an indefinite period, the DFS said earlier.