A number of flights to and from Bali have been cancelled, following the eruption of an Indonesian volcano. The eruption started days ago, but ongoing volcanic activity meant the spread of dangerous ash cloud has made it unsafe for aircrafts to safely navigate Bali’s Denpasar Airport.
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00:00It's been significant disruptions as a result of this volcano ash.
00:06Now this has followed eruptions from the Mount Luatobi volcano, which when it initially erupted
00:10did unfortunately kill nine people.
00:13Now Virgin has this morning confirmed that it's cancelled all flights in and out of the
00:16Dempsey Airport for today, November 13, saying that the safety of its passengers and of course
00:21its crew too is its highest priority.
00:24Now it says that it regrets the inconvenience that this has caused passengers and says that
00:28the team is working hard to ensure that all passengers are able to get to their destination
00:33both as quickly as possible but also as safely as possible.
00:36Meanwhile Jetstar says it's not currently safe to operate flights in and out of Bali
00:40so it's cancelled those flights into and out of the Dempsey Airport until 2pm eastern time
00:45today.
00:46Now it says that impacted customers have been notified and that alternative options have
00:49been provided to them and Jetstar does say that depending on the conditions of that ash
00:54later today it is still hoping to operate two return services between Australia and
00:58Bali which would include a 787 to hopefully get people to their destination as soon as
01:03possible.
01:04Meanwhile Smartraveller is advising anyone else who's concerned about their flights to
01:08get in touch with their respective airlines.