Four Buses Readied To Transport Stranded Passengers At Bali`s Airport

Kuta (Antara Bali)- PT Angkasa Pura I, operator of Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali, has provided four buses for stranded passengers after the airport`s temporary closure following Mount Barujari`s eruption near Mount Rinjani, West Nusa Tenggara.

"We have readied four buses to transport passengers intending to avail land transportation," General Manager of PT Angkara Pura I chapter at the Ngurah Rai airport Trikora Harjo, stated here, Wednesday.

The buses would take the passengers to the Ubung bus terminal in Denpasar and to the Padangbai harbor in Karangasem District for people wanting to undertake their journey aboard ferries.

"We have readied the buses since the first day of the closure, on Tuesday (Nov. 3)," he remarked.

The transportation ministry has announced that the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali Province, is closed until Thursday (Nov. 5) at 8:45 a.m. local time due to the eruption of the volcano.

The authorities have issued a Notice to Airmen No. A2470/15 regarding the temporary closure, J.A. Barata, a spokesman of the transportation ministry, stated in Jakarta, Wednesday.

"The Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali and the Selaparang Airport (in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara) are being shut down until Thursday morning at 8 a.m. central Indonesian standard time, and the conditions will be evaluated again tomorrow morning," he affirmed.

A total of 692 domestic and international flights to and from the Ngurah Rai airport have been cancelled during the three-day closure of the airport.

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) reported that Mount Rinjani located in the East, Central, and North Lombok districts erupted again on Tuesday (Nov. 3).

The mount spewed volcanic ash reaching a height of around 3.5 thousand meters dpal, or one thousand meters above the crater of Barujari. (WDY)