International travelers crowd the check-in counters at Ngurah Rai International airport in Denpasar, on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali, on July 11, 2015. PHOTO: Riyanto/AFP
Flights are reportedly going in and out of Bali again this morning after planes were grounded yesterday due to more volcanic ash from East Java’s Mt. Raung.
Jetstar and Virgin have resumed all flights to and from Bali with weather conditions looking A-Ok for flying today, according to ABC News Australia.
However, passengers are advised to check with their airlines about specific information regarding their flights and possible delays.
Bali’s Ngurah Rai Airport was closed yesterday as Raung spewed ash which headed towards Denpasar.
But the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) says conditions appear safe for now.
“Overnight, we’ve seen the ash dissipate from the area over Bali and we’ve seen the plume move more to the south-west of the volcano,” the bureau’s Stephanie Bond said, as quoted by ABC.
“Model data and the wind regime show the plume should remain to mainly the west of the volcano, maybe a little bit to the north, but this means that it should remain away from Bali from today onwards.”
Raung has been screwing with Bali flights since earlier this month, and couldn’t have picked a worse time to displace thousands of passengers with the Balinese holiday Galungan, the Muslim holiday Idul Fitri, and the time also lining up with the Australian school holiday.
