Air India has resumed flights to Chicago and John F Kennedy Newyork from Mumbai and Delhi. According to an official release indications have been received that Heathrow Airport may get operational for limited hours from tonight. The release said that that in such a case Air India will start Europe operations depending upon the availability of slots there. <br/> <br/>Air India has two planes stranded at Heathrow and one at Frankfurt which will become operational when the respective airports start functioning. <br/> <br/>Jet Airways has resumed US and Canada flights via Athens and there are four flights being operated daily to these destinations to clear up the stranded passengers. <br/> <br/>Efforts are on to carry Europe bound passengers to Athens and there on by road to other destinations in Europe. Nearly 3000 Europe bound passengers booked with Air India 6000 with jet airways are stranded in India <br/> <br/>Lufthansa has started Munich and Austrian destination from Tuesday morning with priority being given to stranded passengers first. <br/> <br/>The Control Room in the Ministry of Civil Aviation at Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan has been functional since Monday from 8 AM to 8 PM. This is to address the problems being faced by the passengers due to disruption of west bound flights caused by volcanic eruption in Iceland<br/>