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FOUR US airlines have cancelled dozens of flights to and from Mexico City’s international airport after the Popocatepetl volcano blew ash and steam skyward, officials say.
American Airlines, US Airways, Delta Airlines and Alaska Airlines “decided not to conduct operations to and from Mexico City”, airport spokesman Jorge Andres Gomez told Milenio television on Thursday.
Another spokesman told AFP that the airlines cancelled a total of 47 flights between Mexico and the US.
The airlines took the precautionary measure even though the airport decided to keep its runways open.
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