Flights to Indonesia s Bali resume after disruption by volcano eruption
JAKARTA - All flights to and from the Indonesian resort island of Bali resumed on June 19 after being cancelled or delayed due to eruptions of Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, officials said.
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, located in East Nusa Tenggara province, erupted on June 17, spewing ash 11km high.
Eighty-seven flights to and from Bali – 66 international and 21 domestic flights – were affected on June 18 by the eruption, the Bali airport operator said in a statement.
These included connections to Australia, Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia.
On June 19, flights from Bali departed on schedule to Australia, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia and China, Mr Gede Eka Sandi Asmadi, an official at Bali airport, said in a statement.
These flights were operated by airlines including Malaysia Airlines, Virgin Australia, Jetstar and Singapore Airlines, Mr Asmadi added.
“Until now, all the operations have been running smoothly, both departures and arrivals,” Mr Asmadi said.
Flights operated by Qantas and its low-cost carrier Jetstar were scheduled to go on as usual on June 19, the company said.
A number of flights operated by AirAsia Malaysia and AirAsia Indonesia to and from Bali, Lombok and Labuan Bajo, which were cancelled on June 18, have also resumed, the airline said.
Two airports in East Nusa Tenggara province reopened on June 19 after being temporarily closed the day before.
However, the authorities extended the closure of Fransiskus Xaverius Seda airport in Maumere until June 20 as there was still some volcanic ash in the air posing a risk to flights, the airport’s operator said in a post on social media.
Dozens of residents living in three villages nearest to the volcano have been evacuated, the local disaster mitigation agency said.
According to Indonesia’s volcanology agency, Lewotobi Laki-Laki has erupted 427 times in 2025. The June 17
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