I'm booked to fly to Dubai for a week on Wednesday. After last year's ash debacle I'm concerned that I may get stranded there because of the latest Icelandic volcano. What are my rights if I decide to cancel? - James Smith.
As Icelandic volcanoes go, Grimsvötn is a persistent offender; this is its 10th eruption in 90 years. But the evidence so far is that the ash from Grimsvötn is much less likely to linger in the atmosphere than the fine dust from Eyjafjallajökull, last year's villain.
Last spring the effects of the wrong kind of ash were exacerbated by the wrong kind of rules; the judgments about what constitutes a safe concentration of volcanic ash are more relaxed than they were then.
It may not be much comfort but if you are travelling on an EU airline and your flight is disrupted, the carrier has an unlimited duty of care for your welfare until it can get you home.
Emirates looked after its passengers last year even though it had no legal obligation to do so.
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