{"id":444042,"date":"2011-06-20T05:17:55","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T05:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/20\/cape-town-ash-cloud-closely-monitored\/"},"modified":"2011-06-20T05:17:55","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T05:17:55","slug":"cape-town-ash-cloud-closely-monitored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/cape-town-ash-cloud-closely-monitored\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Town Ash Cloud Closely Monitored"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"30.6782608696\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buanews.gov.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BuaNews<\/a> (Tshwane)<\/p>\n<p>19 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Pretoria \u2014 Tourism stakeholders in the Western Cape will visit the Cape Town International Airport today to assess the impact of an ash cloud over Cape Town airspace.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the tourism and travel industry, led by MEC for Finance, Economic Development and Tourism, Alan Winde, are expected to speak to affected passengers, as flights in and out of Cape Town International, Port Elizabeth and East London airports were cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>The ash cloud reportedly originated from a volcano in Chile.<\/p>\n<p>Both South African Airways and British Airways delayed some of their flights on Saturday, said Winde.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to assure travellers that all tourism and travel industry role-players are attending to the situation and putting measures in place that will minimise the impact on travellers and the Western Cape tourism industry. 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