In Reply to: you would think posted by hooter on Friday, 14. February 2014 at 12:46 Bali Time:
'For safety reasons, we can't fly within 100 nautical miles of an ash cloud so that's why we've had to cancel them,' a Virgin Australia spokeswoman said.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/volcano-eruption-cancels-bali-phuket-flights-and-closes-indonesian-airports-20140214-32qd8.html#ixzz2tImaGRdB