Volcanic ash closes Darwin airport

[Melburnian1]

Awesom Andy, that begs the question - why have VA and JQ then cancelled flights to DPS ex or to Oz?

 

[Awesom Andy]

Awesom Andy, that begs the question - why have VA and JQ then cancelled flights to DPS ex or to Oz?

One can only speculate, but I'm sure there are technical reasons for this. Besides, GA (being the home airline) would probably know their terrain and geography much better than VA or JQ do.

 

[Mattg]

Interesting that both Air Vietnam's MEL/SGN flight VN780 & SYD/SGN flight VN772 tracked directly over the top of DRW on today's flights. Seriously what planet are they on???

Vietnam Airlines (VN) #780

Vietnam Airlines (VN) #772

They seem to be be taking a different route around the ash cloud today.

Vietnam Airlines (VN) #772

 

[Himeno]

There is currently no ash forecast over Australia and is under FL200 over parts of Indonesia. Although the volcano is still erupting, so there could be another large ash cloud later.
Volcanic Ash Graphics

 

[Awesom Andy]

The low-level ash cloud is heading towards Bali, so expect flight cancellations there.

 

[arbo]

All appears to be clear now. JQ and QF cancelled DPS to Perth this morning but GA and VA appear to be operating towards Aust later in the day. I'm on VA70 to SYD in a couple of hours and all appears to be on time.