Dozens Of Flights At Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport Canceled The Impact Of The Men's Mount Lewotobi Eruption

Bali/DOK Airport I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport Public Relations Airport

Dozens of flights were canceled at Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport due to the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki in East Flores Regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).

"Since receiving information that Mount Lewotobi is again active, we have alerted personnel to actively coordinate and carry out aerodrome observations through the paper test to see whether or not there is volcanic ash distribution in the airport area," said the Temporary Substitute Officer (PGS) General Manager of I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Wahyudi, Wednesday, June 18.

"As of Wednesday (18/6) at 08.00 WITA, the negative paper test results did not find any volcanic ash, so until now the flight operation at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport has been running normally," he added.

There are a total of 12 international departures and 5 domestic departures with the status of being canceled due to eruption activity.

The dozens of flights consist of 3 flights from Singapore, Melbourne 2 flights, Brisbane 2 flights, Adelaide 1 flight, Sydney 1 flight, Pudong 1 logging, Auckland 1 flight, Delhi 1 logging. Meanwhile, the 5 affected domestic departures are 4 Labuan Bajo routes and 1 route from Semarang.

Furthermore, for arrivals, to date there are 13 international flights and 2 domestic flights whose departures have been canceled by the airline.

The thirteen international routes are Melbourne with 3 flights, Brisbane 2 flights, Singapore, Adelaide, Sydney, Perth, Darwin, Shanghai, Auckland, and Delhi with 1 flight each. Meanwhile, 2 arrival flights from Labuan Bajo were affected.

"For natural events that have an impact on several of these flight schedules, the airline provides passengers with the option of refunding or refunding, rescheduling or re-routing, or resetting routes or re-routes," he explained.

Wahyudi also said that his party continues to update the development of this situation by coordinating with related parties and hoping that conditions can return to normal soon.

"Currently we provide a helpdesk area for passengers located on the 2nd floor of the international terminal and for domestic use available at airline service centers in the domestic departure lobby area. This helpdesk serves to facilitate passengers who want to seek information on their flight status as well as as an area for passengers to carry out the process of returning funds, rescheduling, or rescheduling routes with airlines," he said.