Bali's Mt Agung volcano erupts again, closing Denpasar Airport and leaving flights cancelled
Hundreds of flights to and from the Indonesian holiday island of Bali have been grounded or delayed on the eve of the school holidays as clouds of volcanic ash spew more than two kilometres into the air from the Mt Agung volcano.
The National Disaster Mitigation agency said nearly 450 flights had been cancelled to the island, with about 75,000 passengers affected worldwide.
Airlines are updating their advice and are expected to cancel more flights throughout the day after Denpasar's Ngurah Rai International Airport was closed at 3:00am local time (5:00am AEST) today.
It is not due to reopen until at least 7:00pm local time.
In a tweet, the airport advised people to "stay updated for every information from our official account".
Airlines are waiting to see whether the airport will reopen later tonight.
If that happens, Melbourne Airport spokesman Grant Smith said later flights may be able to go ahead.
"Based on the flight time out of Melbourne, it's possible some flights may still depart today, but we'll have to take our guidance from the airlines once they're notified what's happening on the ground there," he said.
School holidays start for Victoria and Western Australia tomorrow.
Wedding plans thrown into disarray.
Bride-to-be Kartina Curtis is due to be married on a beach in Bali on Wednesday.
Ms Curtis and her groom arrived at Perth Airport this morning with their six-person bridal party, only to find their AirAsia flight had been cancelled.
She said they were still hoping to secure a flight this evening.
"I'm slightly nervous, trying to be optimistic but we haven't had a lot of good news coming from the counter," she said.
"We don't have a plan B, unless they want to have a wedding on the tarmac for us, I'm not sure what we're going to do.
Second-time unlucky for Bali tourist.
Virgin Australia has told the ABC it has cancelled all flights to Denpasar today, as has AirAsia.
Jetstar cancelled several flights overnight and is expected to cancel more this morning.
One Jetstar flight bound for Denpasar from Perth overnight was forced to land in Port Hedland to re-fuel before returning to Perth.
Donna Barwood and her family arrived at Perth airport his morning and told ABC Radio Perth their school holiday plans had been dashed for the second time in months.
"We were due to fly out the beginning of December last year and all flights were cancelled then, and it was the same volcano — it does not like us," she said.
"We're looking at other flights, but unfortunately Jetstar left it so late that all the other flights are now booked.
Friday morning was Perth's coldest for the year and the Hunt family, like many others, was looking to escape to Bali's warmer climate.
Laura Hunt, 12, said she would rather be in Indonesia, but was still happy to be on holidays.
"It was a little annoying because we would rather be in warmth, but it's not too bad," she said.
Her mother Erica said they were luckily able re-schedule their flight to Monday.
"Crossing our fingers big time.
It's a wait-and-see game now," she said.
New destinations for some passengers.
Several passengers decided to change the destination of their holidays.
Melbourne Jetstar passenger Sandra Cannizzaro said she had been given flight points by her airline, and was now heading in a new holiday direction.
"We're looking at Europe, so it's a big change, which has worked in our favour," she said.
Laryssa Johnston said instead of spending 16 days in Bali, her family was now planning to spend 14 days in Hawaii.
"Not much you can do really.
Jetstar has been good, Bali has closed the airport, what do you do?" she said.
Passengers are urged to contact their airlines for up to date advice before heading to the airport.
Authorities closely monitoring volcano.
An alert level for the volcano has not been raised and an exclusion zone around the crater remains at 4 kilometres.
The regional volcanic ash advisory centre in Darwin, Australia, said winds could carry the ash southwest toward Java, Indonesia's most densely populated island.
Meteorologists and pilots will spend today assessing weather conditions and the ash cloud to determine whether the airport will be able to re-open tomorrow morning.
It is just the latest in a series of eruption events which have left thousands of Australian holidaymakers in limbo on the island.
In November, 150,000 local people were evacuated from the mountain and surrounds as volcanic activity intensified.
The local economy is largely dependent on tourism and has been hit hard by the series of eruptions.
Most travel insurance policies for Bali have excluded any volcano-related incidents since it began erupting last year, as it is considered a known risk.
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