Several airlines resumed flights to Bali after cancelling trips to and from the resort island due to huge eruptions at a nearby volcano.
Eighty-three international routes were earlier cancelled on Wednesday, the general manager of Bali’s international airport said in a statement, after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki spewed a 9km tower of ash into the sky.
The volcano has erupted more than a dozen times over the last two weeks, killing at least nine people and forcing the evacuation of thousands.
Qantas and Jetstar were resuming their services to Bali, Australia’s Qantas Group said in a statement yesterday, noting “improved” conditions.
Two delayed Qantas flights from yesterday were among those set to take off, Qantas said.
“We will continue to monitor the changing conditions and volcanic activity,” it said.
AirAsia planned to resume some flights to and from Bali later today, the company said, while Virgin Australia said on its website it would resume flights to and from Denpasar starting today.Singapore’s Scoot airline, meanwhile, said it had rescheduled flights from Singapore to Bali and Surabaya as well as their return flights due to Lewotobi Laki-Laki’s volcanic activity. — AFP
