Local airlines are gradually resuming flights to and from Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan. Flights announcements were back on the board at Kuching International Airport on Friday (April 19), with relief expressed by passengers, after the Mount Ruang eruption in Indonesia caused flight cancellations in Kuala Lumpur, Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan.
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00:00 Local airlines are gradually resuming flights to and from Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan.
00:09 Malaysia Airlines on Friday said some flights resumed on Thursday evening after the cancellation
00:14 of their flights throughout the day due to the eruption of the Mount Ruang volcano in
00:18 Indonesia's north Sulawesi.
00:21 The airline said while some flights scheduled for Friday had been cancelled due to weather
00:25 condition and operational safety, other flights would operate as scheduled.
00:30 They said such cancelled flights included those between Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu,
00:35 Tawau and Sandakan in the morning and afternoon.
00:39 AirAsia said they are also restoring their flight schedules from Friday.
00:43 They said they would be notifying the passengers on their flights.
00:47 In Manado, Indonesian authorities said the Samratulangi Airport, which is the main airport
00:52 in north Sulawesi, will be closed until 6pm.
00:56 They said the airport had been closed since Thursday due to showers of ash from the eruption.
01:01 The volcano has erupted several times since Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of more than
01:06 11,000 residents living around the area.
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