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Up All Night - 17/04/2010

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The International Air Transport Association say disruption caused by the eruption of a volcano in Iceland is costing the industry 200 million dollars - that's approximately 140 million pounds a day, and that doesn't include the cost to re-route aircrafts and care for stranded passengers. But how do you quantify the cost of cancelled business trips, conferences, weddings, engagements, and getting home to the kids? Millions of passengers are still stranded after a huge cloud of ash grounded thousands of flights in the biggest air travel shutdown since World War II. Diane Brady a Senior Editor at Business week gives her analysis of the situation. Plus the world footy phone-in with the Legendhinio Tim Vickery and the Big Wheel Sean Wheelock looking at football in North and South America.