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Volcano disrupts international and domestic flights [1]

Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - 11:48

All domestic flights except those to ‘Eua were cancelled today, while an Air New Zealand flight that left Auckland for Tonga this morning was diverted back to Auckland, due to the continuing volcanic eruption in Hunga, Ha‘apai to the north west of Nuku'alofa.
 
Viliami Ma’ake the CEO of Tonga Airports Ltd., said due to the ash from the volcanic activity the Air New Zealand flight had to return to Auckland.

Air New Zealand’s agent in Nuku’alofa said it was expecting another flight which it hoped to land at Fua’amotu International Airport at around 7:10pm this evening.

Another international carrier Virgin Australia is expecting a flight from Sydney to arrive in Tonga at 1:40pm this afternoon, while Fiji Airways has no scheduled flights today.

Meanwhile, Real Tonga which has been operating normally since Monday, 12 January, has today cancelled all domestic flights to Vava’u and Ha’apai.

The only flight operating is to 'Eua later this evening.

Tonga [2]
volcanic activity [3]
Tonga flights [4]
Air New Zealand [5]
Viliami Ma'ake [6]
Real Tonga [7]
Travel [8]
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