Flights resume after ash cloud closures

An easyJet flight leaves Bristol Airport after the UK's skies reopened. Airlines rushed to reschedule flights but there were warnings it could be weeks before services returned to norma Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PA Photograph: Barry Batchelor/guardian.co.uk Passengers arrive from Vancouver on the first flight in five days, at Heathrow airport Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/guardian.co.uk Relatives of passengers onboard a Lufthansa plane destined for Chigago wave as it takes off from Dusseldorf airport, Germany Photograph: Volker Hartmann/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Volker Hartmann/guardian.co.uk Passengers wait for their flights at the partially opened Frankfurt airport Photograph: Johannes Eisele/Reuters Photograph: Johannes Eisele/guardian.co.uk Passengers at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris as a plane takes off. All long-haul passenger services to and from France and three quarters of shorter flights are operating as scheduled Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Fred Dufour/guardian.co.uk A plane flies over the London Eye after the UK's skies reopened amid a continuing row over flying restrictions caused by the volcanic ash cloud Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Photograph: Lewis Whyld/guardian.co.uk Passengers wait for their flights in Terminal 5 at Heathrow Photograph: Chris Ison/PA Photograph: Chris Ison/guardian.co.uk British Airways planes at Heathrow. Delays and cancellations are still occurings as planes and crew are out of place Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA Photograph: Andy Rain/guardian.co.uk Korean Air flight attendants guide passengers to their seats as they board a plane heading to Paris, at Incheon international airport, Seoul Photograph: Truth Leem/Reuters Photograph: Truth Leem/guardian.co.uk An aircraft lands at Heathrow. With so many planes having been grounded by the effects of volcanic ash spreading from Iceland it could take days, or weeks, to clear the backlog Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters Photograph: Toby Melville/guardian.co.uk Stranded travellers get free internet access at Narita International airport in Narita, near Tokyo, Japan. Thousands of passengers were stranded in Japan as at least 35 international flights bound for Europe were cancelled Photograph: Franck Robichon/EPA Photograph: Franck Robichon/guardian.co.uk An plane flies over Heathrow airport Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Photograph: Oli Scarff/guardian.co.uk Stranded German citizens board a bus heading for Germany at Barajas airport in Madrid. Madrid is acting as a European hub to get stranded passengers home Photograph: Denis Doyle/Getty Images Photograph: Denis Doyle/guardian.co.uk A Czech Airlines plane takes off from Okecie airport in Warsaw, Poland. Poland's airspace reopened for regular flights Photograph: Bartlomiej Zborowski/EPA Photograph: Bartlomiej Zborowski/guardian.co.uk Empty check-in desks at Glasgow airport after it opened but then closed again due to flight restrictions yesterday Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/guardian.co.uk Stranded passengers Mercedes and Jimmy Elahcene from France hug inside John F Kennedy international airport, New York, yesterday, where they have been stranded since 17 April Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images Photograph: Mario Tama/guardian.co.uk