Thousands stranded as flights between Australia and Bali cancelled
Travellers due to fly in and out of Bali have been left stranded as the Mount Rinjani volcanic ash cloud returns. Jetstar flights from the Indonesian island to Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Darwin were cancelled this morning as a result.
“Our pilots and meteorologists will assess the latest information from the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre early Tuesday morning and make a decision about flights scheduled for the rest of the day,” Jetstar wrote in a statement.
The ash cloud was also responsible for Virgin Australia turning flights back to Sydney and Brisbane. “We got halfway there — 3.5 hours into the trip — and they turned us around,” a disgruntled passenger told ABC News. “We should have been at Bali now. We should have been at the resort.”
Tigerair has also experienced service interruptions, and flights in and out of the Balinese capital Denpasar have also been affected.
Jetstar, Tigerair and Virgin Australia have all announced that flights will recommence this morning, asking passengers to remain patient and wait for information to come through via email and SMS.
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