Australian domestic airlines on Monday announced to cancel Tuesday flights, due to the reappearance of an ash plume from a volcano in Chile.
Australia is bracing for further disruptions as the ash cloud circles the Earth for a second time and is expected to reach South Australia by early on Tuesday morning.
Qantas has canceled about 25 flights in and out of Adelaide and Port Lincoln of South Australia, saying that services will not run from 6:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Jetstar has canceled select flights to and from Adelaide for the morning only.
Virgin said it will suspend all 48 flights in and out of Adelaide and Mildura for the entire day, while Tiger airline has canceled its flights to and from Adelaide and between Sydney and Melbourne until about 2:00 p.m..
"The advice we have from the Bureau of Meteorology is that the ash cloud will be coming into proximity of Adelaide and Mildura tomorrow morning through the course of the morning, and that's why as a precautionary measure we've taken the decision to suspend all flights for tomorrow," Virgin spokesman Colin Lippiatt told ABC News on Monday.
Meanwhile, Dr. Andrew Tupper from the Volcanic Ash Advisory Center in Darwin said the main eruption cloud is currently about 2, 000 kilometers south of Western Australia.
He said the cloud is at an altitude of between eight and 13 kilometers, and it is expected to reach South Australia between dawn and 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday.
Airservices Australia said the density of the ash cloud is greater than the plume that delayed flights across Australia and New Zealand last week.
Last week, the ash cloud affected flights in Australia and New Zealand for four days, with more than 70,000 passengers affected with the cancellation of flights.
Editor: Zhang Xiang
English.news.cn 2011-06-20 21:21:30 FeedbackPrintRSS
CANBERRA, June 20 (Xinhua)
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