Jakarta (VNA) – Several international airlines have cancelled flights to and from Indonesia's resort island of Bali, following Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki’s further eruptions spewing ash clouds as high as 10 km and forcing thousands to evacuate.
Jetstar and Qantas said they had stopped flights to Bali on November 13 for safety reasons because of volcanic ash, while plane-tracking website Flightradar24 showed flights to the island by AirAsia and Virgin were also cancelled.
From November 4 to 12, 80 flights in Bali were cancelled, including from Singapore, Hong Kong, and several Australian cities, said Ahmad Syaugi Shahab, general manager of Bali's Ngurah Rai airport.
The first eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki on November 3 in the East Nusa Tenggara province, about 800 km from Bali, killed at least nine people. It has since erupted repeatedly, including multiple times on November 12.
Indonesia has close to 130 active volcanoes and sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", an area of high seismic activity atop various tectonic plates./.
Indonesia closes airports over Mount Lewotobi’s eruption
Multiple airports in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, have temporarily shut down, with dozens of flights canceled following eruptions from Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki in East Flores.
