Catania Airport Suspends Arrivals Third Time in Five Days as Etna Ash Persists

Catania-Fontanarossa Airport is suspending all arrivals until 5 p.m. local time Monday for the third time in five days as Mount Etna’s Voragine summit crater continues intense explosive activity. The airport said the closure follows orders covering airspace associated with the ash cloud over the southwest sector, designated Sector C1, while departures already on the ground keep operating normally. The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) issued its latest bulletin at 10:16 a.m. local time, reporting steadier ground deformation and tremor amplitude in the lower part of the high range. INGV data and tracking from the Toulouse Volcanic Ash Advisory Center keep Etna’s aviation color code at Red, the highest level.