Jetstar, Qantas and Virgin send flights to Bali to help stranded tourists


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Bali airport will reopen on Wednesday afternoon, two days after a volcanic eruption spread ash across the island and forced the airport to close.


Jetstar will be running four extra flights carrying about 1,000 stranded passengers from Bali as the ash clouds from Mount Agung continues to ground planes.


An airline spokesman told SBS News these flights would be on top of nine other scheduled flights out of the island destination with Qantas operating a scheduled flight and an extra one.


A total of 3,800 people booked with Jetstar and Qantas will be able to return to Australia. 


However, flights for tourists travelling to Bali will remain cancelled. 







“We will not be taking customers into Bali tomorrow given the likelihood of further volcanic activity and the potential that conditions change and lead to diversions or further cancellations,” a Jetstar statement said.


Jetstar also warned flights may be cancelled at short notice because “volcanic activity and ash cloud are unpredictable”.


“Our senior pilots will make further assessment tonight and tomorrow morning based on the latest information from the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre. We will provide customers further updates if the situation changes,” the statement read.


Virgin Australia plans to operate up to four recovery flights to Denpasar on Thursday.


The looming eruption has left about 120,000 tourists stranded in Bali with the volcano spewing ash 7,600 metres high.


The airport will reopen at 3pm local time (1900 AEDT), officials say.


Authorities have previously told 100,000 people to leave an area extending 10km from Mount Agung as it belches grey and white ash plumes, the low clouds hanging over the volcano at times hued red from the lava welling in the crater.


Airport spokesman Ari Ahsanurrohim said more than 440 flights were cancelled on Tuesday, affecting nearly 60,000 passengers.


Without aircraft, getting in or out of Bali requires travelling hours by land and taking a boat to another island, enduring choppy seas in Bali’s rainy season.


The grounding of flights coincided with schoolies week in Australia, when an estimated 6000 teens were expected to flock to the island resort.


– with AAP



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