Hope for Aussie tourists returning home

Hope for Aussie tourists returning home

Australian travellers in Bali have been given a glimmer of hope of making it home with the Indonesian ash cloud showing signs of dispersing.

Although ash continues to spew from Mt Rinjani, forecasters say the cloud is showing signs of retracting, allowing some daylight flights to and from the island.

Jetstar notified passengers on Tuesday morning that some limited daylight services would be running, including additional recovery flights.

Virgin Australia issued a statement on Monday evening saying its priority was returning passengers home to Australia.

“Virgin Australia remains ready to send aircraft over to Bali as soon as we receive advice that conditions in the vicinity of Denpasar airport will be safe for flying,” the airline said.

The airline earmarked potential limited daytime flights for departure from Denpasar Airport if conditions improved, with updates to be provided around midday on Tuesday.

Both Virgin and Jetstar have offered passengers scheduled to fly to Bali the option of travelling to alternative holiday spots.

Email the Travel Weekly team at traveldesk@travelweekly.com.au

    Latest comments
    1. …. i don’t get it… now they can fly because of the daylight???.. i thought the issue was the ashes … i really doubt the daylight excuse because airlines can fly during the night… hello..

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