to all other lufthansa employees outside of germany. that's all here. back to europe. >> but will this consolidation have any impact on the planemakers? stephane has a report in paris. >> and we've got a report this morning saying that airbus received 60 orders since the beginning of the year for the first three months of this year, including 49 orders in march. airbus doesn't want to comment on the report because the company is due to report the numbers officially by tend of this week. we don't know if these growth figures are before consop addition, but that is to report 83 net orders from boeing in the first part of this year. that is big, positive news for the planemaker. but the stock is down like the rest of the market. we're off 1% right now at eads. we had a positive start in paris and now the stock is much lower, we are losing 1.8% on air france klm. >> there is new on consolidation. >> yes. the company may be close to a deal with the brazilian air force. the air force would prefer the jet fighter, which is built by -- and that

british airways and air france also had test flights today, lufthansa as well. it is a very careful thing. some call this the swine flew of the air space, that maybe the dangers are over but some are very concerned and one airline doesn't want to be the one responsible for any catastrophe. so they are erring on the side of caution and hoping to break the travel jam, calling this unprecedented in the history of aviation and hope it can be resolved in the coming days. back to you, shannon. >> since you were on the front lines of this story, greg, how are people coping where you are? camping out at the airports, finding hotels, what is the situation? >> well, it is the responsibility of the airline so emirate has to pay three meals and accommodations for 5000 passengers. hotels are at the bursting point. and if you didn't get caught in the first two days, you were supposed to have understood that you shouldn't be flying so the airline is not responsible for that so they are off the hook for a lot of other passengers who are fending for themselves and luckily dubai

today lufthansa announced it will send 50 airplanes back to germany.bout 15,000 passengers from long hall destinations, north america, africa, asia, different places around the world. so we're starting to see some of the airspace in northern europe reopen a bit. it's going to take a long time for the airlines to be made whole from what's happened here. there's serious losses. that's why they are asking the government to bail them out because of the extent of the losses they are covering. >> phil lebeau from chicago, thanks, phil. >>> airlines promising not to charge for carry-ons, after spirit airlines announced it was implementing the unpopular fee. chuck schumer, from airlines, delta, united, us airways and jetblue promised not to charge a new baggage fee for items passengers bring on board. smart of them perhaps. >>> "rolling stone" magazine inviting readers like you to check out its 43 year archive, which would be pretty cool. there's always a catch. let's get the scoop from cortney hazlet. >> you can file this under really smart as well. the reaso

lufthansa flew ten empty planes over germany, a spokesman said, and didn't get a scratch. klm's president said it's time to fly. one of his pilots said, "100% safety doesn't exist," but add, "there's no reason to worry about resuming flights." the european air traffic agency feeling the heat predicts half of europe's flights may be able to resume tomorrow but insists the decision will be based on safety first. >> the models that are being used by everybody at the moment show that currently there is a potential risk, and for that reason the aerospace closures have been made. >> reporter: a finnish air force jet returned to base showing the problem. photos of engine parts damaged by volcanic ash. but like the crowds of travelers jamming trains here and ferry ports, the pressure on politicians to do something is growing. and, of course, it's not just people having hard time getting around. there's growing worry over air cargo and everything else that's stuck. in this part of the world, if it absolutely positively has to be there fast, it's a problem. russ? >> mitchell: richar

. >> reporter: british airways lufthansa and others went up and tested and landed without incident. their engines showing no damage. they believe it is safe to fly. some question the wisdom of that. these pictures show damage to a finnish plane that flew into the ash cloud, but that was last week. germany believes 15 long haul flight cans carry 15,000 home. they will fly below 18,000 feet. european transport ministries decided to carve europe's air space into three zones based on danger levels, a safe zone open to all flights, a caution zone with low concentrations of ash and a third no-fly zone, too full of ash to allow any flights. britain's gordon brown is sending in the navy, three ships including an aircraft carrier are on their way to rescue 150,000 stranded passengers in europe, including 200 soldiers on their way home from afghanistan. critics dismiss it as a grand photo-op, politically motivated. and spain offered to be a new airline hub of europe helping to get stranded passengers moving again. tonight three klm long haul flights left amsterdam, one bound for new york. but

lufthansa, the ceo just talking about it. they are fought looking for any kind of bailout money from the government at the moment. however, they actually say that the measurements were unrealistic, with and our german air space is going to be open as of 9:00 gmp, that is 11:00 cet, stephane. and air flan klm is trading higher as the traffic is gradually coming back to normal. the transport member sister will be back to normal before the weekend. yesterday, the tourism minister didn't rule out financial supportport airline secretary also trading higher, peugeot citron, the largest carmaker in france posted a 28% increase for the first quarter. the company says it will be significantly higher in the first year, which is higher than the original forecast. however, peugeot citron is bearish for the second half of this year. akor beat expect ages. it's the top gainer in paris. 0.6% in sales in the first kwrter of this year saying that the recovery in the hotel sector surround way with a above trend in april. up 2.6%. very briefly,

yesterday, fas, lufthansa, klm, knew a number of flights, about a half dozen, reported all was okay butderable concern that we really don't know the content of this plume. we don't know where it is exactly. it could be trouble. >> neil: what is the big worry with this stuff? >> it is a very fine powder and it can do a number of things. in the worst case bases, it could really cause the engines to flame out. there are a couple of well documented cases 747st flew through and lost all four engines and got them started after they fell. >> neil: there was the flight from malaria to australia. >> that's right. >> they restarted those but it could have been bad, right? >> it could have been dreadful of the other thing is, if you fly into this, it can scour the wind screen. this was a case where the pilots could not see out of the wind screen but it was so badly pitted and had to land almost blind. there are a lot of problems that take place and if you've gone into it, then you've really got to tear that aircraft apart. >> neil: what if you're flying significantly over it? the ceiling now is ar

for instance, germany's lufthansa airlines, they were getting flights out last night.ngs were starting to let up. a lot of people are having hope that some flights will continue to get out today but that is in flux as you heard. there is another ash cloud that is starting to move towards the uk which is why at this point the london airports are still closed, at lost through today. now, a united flight was also canceled to heathrow that was supposed to leave here this morning and there is already a delay if a paris flight later on tonight actually and that new ash cloud is obviously what is keeping the london airports closed but some flights have been able to get out of places like scotland as well as other areas as well. we talked to some passengers who, after day five of this, are really just getting anxious. >> it is very stressful. nobody knows what is going to happen. so we are very stressful right now. >> we changed our mind and our thoughts between very deep an very high and frustrating but it was a very big experience for us. >> reporter: the white house we ped

lufthansa say it's bringing some 50 plane loads. >> there are still airports closed. one is heathrow airport, still closed. here's more of what we know right now. authorities are monitoring a new ash cloud, spreading from iceland to great britain. so far at least this cloud is less of an obstacle. it's low enough. a ban from 15,000 feet to 30,000 feet. some planes can fly over it. only one-third of scheduled european flights took off on monday. the hope is at least half of today's scheduled flights will take off. that's not just important to stranded travelers. the airlines say this crisis has cost the industry $1 billion. >> 1 billion, with a "b." we're covering all of the angles from neal karlinsky, at the mouth of the volcano. to nick watt in london. we begin with miguel marquez, at charles de gaulle airport in paris. where the first commercial flights took off. >> reporter: it is a huge sigh of relief here and across europe. you see the airport is quite busy. we've been talking to previously stranded passengers. we talked to one guy is on a plane right now, finall

a limited flight began yesterday, germany, lufthansa, many more taking to the skies. as you can see, take a look at the map, a lot of airports have reopened across europe, major ones in france, italy, germany and spain to mention a few. other countries that have not reopened their airports have reopened the airspace because the ash cloud is now below 20,000 feet so planes can fly above it even if you can't take off, austria, norway, sweden, luxembourg have open airspace. across the channel in britain, out of luck, heathrow and gatwick remain closed and many others do as well. thousands of passengers are stranded in the uk. cnn's gary tuchman joins us now from the volcano that is causing all the problems. he's been our best authority because he can turn around and tell us whether it's still spewispew ing or not. you can confirm if it's spewing, and apparently it looks like it's snowing as well. >> reporter: yeah, you see the stuff spewing from the sky, it's not ash, it's snow. it's snowing in iceland and it feels like winter a lot even in the springtime when we're two