Want to Stay Ahead of the Ash Cloud? Use Twitter!

As an airplane dork, I have been consistently checking up on the ash cloud that has now been affecting European air travel on and off for about a month now. But now I've been following the story a bit closer than usual, as I have a close friend returning home after a semester in Europe later on this week.

Unfortunately Eyjafjallajökull has been causing more delays. Britain's airports were closed yesterday through this afternoon. Nowhere near as bad as the huge delays we saw in Europe, but still a big inconvenience for passengers. So how does one keep up with all of the volcano news? I've found that, if you're flying, following your airline on Twitter can be helpful in finding updates. I've found some airlines, especially Icelandair, to be great at providing information. Plus, if you have any questions/comments, tweeting about it might work, but I'd recommend that you try traditional channels first.