INAUGURAL celebrations on a new �500-million debate boat were put on hold so it could head to Spain to collect up British tourists stuck by air delays caused by volcanic ash. The 122,000-tonne Celebrity Eclipse, that boasts the own lawn, is due to leave Southampton tonight en track to Bilbao.The oppulance vessel was to be in pier prior to a two-day launch debate on Thursday, but the predicament caused by the Iceland volcaniADVERTISEMENTc tear altered plans.It is thought that debate operators requested the excursion to collect up about 2,000 stuck Britons. Even though British airspace is expected to be open, the reserve will take days to get through.Eclipse, that can lift 2,850 passengers, will have the debate and lapse to Southampton late on Friday.A mouthpiece pronounced the sailing would reinstate the activities programmed during the two-night, round-trip launch jubilee debate from Southampton.Some of the behind holidaymakers have been stuck for up to 7 days and most were on package holidays with vital UK debate operators.Richard Fain, authority of Celebrity Cruises, said: "The events inspiring air transport are utterly unprecedented, and it is in times similar to these that the tellurian transport industry needs to lift together."Collecting stuck British and Irish holidaymakers is a wise initial mission for new boat Celebrity Eclipse."We goal that guest primarily invited to stick on the launch celebrations on twenty-two Apr will assimilate the shift of plan."
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