Several Australian airlines have canceled flights to and from the popular Indonesian vacation island of Bali after an erupting volcano gushed a column of hot ash miles into the sky.

Bali airport management said more than 100 flights were cancelled between November 13-14. A change in wind direction has opened up safe flight paths for some services with some flights from Australia resuming. There was a column of ash more than six miles high after an eruption of Mount Lewotobi.

Several international airlines cancelled flights to and from Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Wednesday, after further eruptions of a volcano that has spewed ash clouds as high as 10 km (32,808 ft) and forced thousands to evacuate.

The ongoing eruptions of the Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano on Indonesia's Flores island are disrupting international air travel across South-East Asia. Since Tuesday, several airlines, including Jetstar,

Jetstar, Qantas and Virgin Australia have resumed flights to Bali after a volcano forced cancellations, with plans for further recovery flights in the future.

Dozens of flights to and from holiday island Bali in Indonesia were grounded as a volcano spewed a six-mile ash plume into the sky on Wednesday. Thousands of passengers were left stranded as airlines in Australia,

Jetstar and Qantas will resume limited flying in and out of Bali today. Thousands of Australians have been left stranded after ash from a volcanic eruption grounded flights yesterday. Qantas Group says conditions have improved for today and it will be running nine recovery flights in and out of Denpasar.