NZ travellers may find themselves out of pocket if ash from the Icelandic volcano causes authorities to close airspace again.

Claims from travelers disrupted by the Iceland volcano have topped half a million dollars, one of NZ's leading travel insurance companies says.

A wife took a block of her husband's favourite Lancashire cheese on an epic 24,000km, 10-country journey after being grounded by the Icelandic volcanic eruption.

Air New Zealand flights to and from London are operating as normal again, after restrictions due to volcanic ash were lifted overnight.

Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland has reminded the world again that it has the power to disrupt international travel.

It's Bjork's fault. "One day it will happen," sings the Icelandic star on the prophetic 1993 song, One Day.

Corporal Apiata, who had been serving with the SAS in Afghanistan, touched down at Auckland International Airport at 5.15am yesterday.

The first flight back from London after disruptions from volcanic ash has landed at Auckland airport.

The quiet of the no-fly zone has been replaced by the roar of airplane engines across Britain today.

Another Icelandic volcano is expected to explode, potentially causing more disruption than Eyjafjallajokull.

Europe has received a sharp shock of awareness about its addiction to cheap jet travel.

Tourism Auckland has had more than 200 offers from people offering rooms for stranded travellers.

A NZ couple's wedding plans are in tatters - they are grounded in London and their guests are waiting in Tauranga.

Air NZ is bearing the brunt of financial losses caused by the the Iceland volcano disruption, an expert says.

Stranded travellers are piling into buses, trains and high-priced taxis in a frantic scramble to accomplish an increasingly tricky mission: Escape from Europe.

The eruption is unlikely to have inflicted significant financial pain on Air NZ, analysts say.