- Title: INDONESIA-VOLCANO/BALI AIRPORT Business as usual at Bali airport
- Date: 15th July 2015
- Summary: BALI, INDONESIA (JULY 15, 2015) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF BALI AIRPORT TOURISTS WITH LUGGAGE STANDING IN FRONT OF AIRPORT VARIOUS OF TOURISTS WALKING INSIDE THE AIRPORT INTERIOR OF AIRPORT TERMINAL TOURISTS WALKING VARIOUS OF FLIGHT INFORMATION SCREEN SHOWING FLIGHT TIMETABLE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING INTO DEPARTURE HALL (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED TOURIST FROM AUSTRALI
- Embargoed: 30th July 2015 13:00
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- Location: Indonesia
- Country: Indonesia
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVA3I80TRPFKNY5WICEVZHMZ1XUP
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- Story Text: Operations at the international airport on Indonesia's resort island of Bali went back to normal on Wednesday (July 15).
No flights were delayed or cancelled due to volcano Mount Raung and tourists were getting in and out of Bali as scheduled.
The airport had closed twice last Friday (July 10) and over the weekend after the volcano in East Java province, located about 150 kilometers west of Bali island, erupted spewing ash.
The airport closure affected travel plans of nearly 20,000 travellers.
Most flight operations, except some Australia-bound flights, resumed on Monday (July 13).
Jetstar and Virgin Airlines, among the last few airlines to resume operation on Tuesday (July 14), also added more flights to transport passengers from Bali who had been stuck there due to flight cancellations.
An unidentified tourist from Australia said that she had to buy another ticket to go home after their previous flight was cancelled.
"We were meant to go to Australia last Friday on the 10th of July at 11.50 p.m. (1650GMT) with Jetstar to Adelaide, and it was cancelled so then we decided to pay for an AirAsia flight to Darwin just to get back to Australia which we got a flight at 4.15 p.m. (0915GMT) today. But, we've also got Jetstar flight today to Melbourne then to Adelaide," said the tourist.
Another tourist who wanted to be known as David said his trip was extended for five days due to the unexpected situation, and his flight was cancelled twice.
"And we're finally on the fifth day, so two flights cancelled and, fingers crossed this one's going," he said.
The Indonesian Transport Ministry said an "open-and-close system" which adjusts according to the status of Mount Raung is enforced at the airport in Bali, to ensure that airlines can effectively depart and arrive Bali Airport in the safest way possible. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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