Bali flights to resume

QANTAS and Jetstar will resume flights to and from Bali today, as the lingering ash cloud caused by the erupting Mount Agung begins to clear.

Virgin will fly out of the Indonesian holiday hot spot, but are still not flying into the island.

Thousands of holidaymakers were stranded in Bali as visibility deteriorated on Saturday, nearly a week since the volcano’s eruption.

Jetstar cancelled all of its flights departing before 4pm yesterday and Qantas cancelled last night’s flight from Denpasar to Sydney.

While five Jetstar flights were able to depart on Saturday morning, several evening flights were cancelled.

Virgin was forced to cancel its three scheduled recovery flights on Saturday after conditions “significantly deteriorated,” a spokeswoman said.