Thousands stranded due to Indonesian ash cloud
Thousands of travellers remain stranded in Indonesia due to flight disruption caused by volcanic ash from eruptions at Mount Raung and Mount Gamalama.
Five airports in Indonesia are now closed due to the ash cloud, although Bali’s Ngurah Rai, also known as Denpasar, has re-opened.
Airports serving Surabaya, Indonesia’s second biggest city, plus Malang in East Java and Ternate in North Maluku were shut yesterday.
Two other airports, in Banyuwangi and Jember, have been closed since last week.
The closures come at a busy time for Indonesian travel with many people leaving the cities to visit their families during the Eid holiday, which marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said flight disruptions could continue for sometime and advised travellers to contact their airline, tour operator and travel insurance provider for further information.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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