SINGAPORE: Budget airline Scoot on Thursday (Apr 18) cancelled four flights between Singapore and East Malaysia as a safety precaution, following multiple eruptions of a volcano in Indonesia.
Mount Ruang started erupting on Tuesday evening and sent an ash cloud more than a mile into the sky, prompting Indonesian authorities to evacuate thousands of people and shut the nearest international airport in Manado city on Sulawesi island.
Scoot, the low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines (SIA), said it had cancelled Thursday’s flights for TR490 and TR491, which fly between Singapore and Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, four times a week.
It also cancelled Thursday’s flights for TR414 and TR415, which fly between Singapore and Sarawak’s Miri twice a week.
“Scoot is assisting to reaccommodate affected customers onto subsequent flights, where available,” said the airline.
“Alternatively, affected customers may also request for a full refund if they choose not to continue with their travel.”
Other airlines in the region were also affected.
For instance, Malaysia Airlines said on Facebook that nearly 20 flights between Kuala Lumpur, Sabah and Sarawak on Thursday were cancelled.
For budget airline AirAsia, flights to and from nine airports including Kota Kinabalu, Miri, Kuching and Brunei were cancelled, the airline said in a news release on Thursday.
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Mount Ruang started erupting on Tuesday evening and sent an ash cloud more than a mile into the sky, prompting Indonesian authorities to evacuate thousands of people and shut the nearest international airport in Manado city on Sulawesi island.
Scoot, the low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines (SIA), said it had cancelled Thursday’s flights for TR490 and TR491, which fly between Singapore and Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, four times a week.
It also cancelled Thursday’s flights for TR414 and TR415, which fly between Singapore and Sarawak’s Miri twice a week.
“Scoot is assisting to reaccommodate affected customers onto subsequent flights, where available,” said the airline.
“Alternatively, affected customers may also request for a full refund if they choose not to continue with their travel.”
Other airlines in the region were also affected.
For instance, Malaysia Airlines said on Facebook that nearly 20 flights between Kuala Lumpur, Sabah and Sarawak on Thursday were cancelled.
For budget airline AirAsia, flights to and from nine airports including Kota Kinabalu, Miri, Kuching and Brunei were cancelled, the airline said in a news release on Thursday.
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