Royal Jordanian (RJ) suspended most of its flights to the European continent on Saturday due to the closure of most of European airports following the cloud of volcanic ash released from Iceland, the state-run Petra news agency reported. RJ CEO Husein Dabbas said only RJ flights to Madrid, Rome and Athens are still operating. The airline suspended its Saturday flights to London, Paris, Frankfort, Amsterdam, Brussels, Geneva, Zurich and Munich after it cancelled its Friday flights to London, Amsterdam, Frankfort and Paris, said Dabbas. In the statement, he voiced hope that situation will return to normal and flights movement will resume soon. In the recent days, most of the airports in Europe announced that they will continue the closure of their airspace due to the cloud of ash that erupted from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in southeast Iceland. The volcano began erupting on Wednesday for the second time in a month from below the Eyjafjallajokull glacier, hurling a plume of ash 6 to 11 km into the atmosphere. Volcanic ash contains tiny particles of glass and pulverized rock that can damage engines and airframes. 