Thousands of passengers were stranded on Wednesday after nearly a dozen airlines grounded all flights scheduled to reach and depart from the Denpasar Airport in Bali. On Thursday, Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia resumed some of their services from ...

Following the eruption of Mount Lewotobi on the island of Flores last week, Australian airlines cancelled flights to and from Denpasar as volcanic ash spewed into airspace yesterday.

Eighty-three international routes were cancelled on Wednesday, the general manager of Bali's international airport said in a statement, after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki spewed a 9km tower of ash into the sky. The volcano has erupted more than a dozen times over the last two weeks, killing at least nine people and forcing the evacuation of thousands.