Jakarta airport and others reopen after volcanic ash crisis in Indonesia
Indonesia’s main airport and several other air travel hubs reopened early on Tuesday after days of closure due to ash from a volcanic eruption, the Transport Ministry said. The ministry wrote on Instagram that the airport serving the capital Jakarta and four others near the city or around the island of Java are now operating again, as the air safety crisis that left hundreds of thousands of…
Indonesia's primary airport and four others near the capital city of Jakarta have resumed operations after a week-long closure caused by volcanic ash from a nearby eruption, according to the Transport Ministry. The ministry confirmed on Instagram that the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, located in Jakarta, and the four others, including Halim Perdanakusuma, Hussein Sastranegara, and one in south Sumatra, are now functioning again.
The airports closed following the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatoa, located approximately 150km from Jakarta, on Saturday. The eruption released lava and a plume of volcanic ash, disrupting air travel and leaving thousands of passengers stranded. The Transport Ministry had previously announced six alternative airports to accommodate flights originally destined for Jakarta.
However, two of the eight airports remain closed. The ash from the eruption disrupted nearly 3,000 flights, affecting more than 340,000 passengers, causing significant disruption to air travel in the region.
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