Air India, Singapore ’s TigerAir and China’s Juneyao Airlines also suspended flight operations “due to volcano”, Bali’s international airport said. It forced dozens of residents living in two villages near the volcano to evacuate their houses, officials at the local disaster mitigation agency said.

Dozens of flights to and from Indonesia’s resort island of Bali have been cancelled after a volcanic eruption in the country’s east spewed an enormous ash cloud into the sky.

More than 20 flights to and from the Indonesian resort island of Bali were cancelled or delayed and three airports in East Nusa Tenggara province were closed due to the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki,