JAKARTA — Aviation authorities across Indonesia began reopening major transit hubs on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, after wind shifts and declining eruptive intensity at Mount Anak Krakatau cleared high-altitude volcanic ash corridors over Java and Sumatra.
Operations resumed at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta and Radin Inten II Airport in Lampung following a multi-day shutdown that grounded over 1,500 flights and stranded tens of thousands of passengers across the archipelago.
Airlines have initiated backlog clearing protocols to reschedule impacted domestic and international itineraries. However, Ministry of Transportation officials cautioned that full flight schedules may take up to 72 hours to normalize due to aircraft repositioning and crew scheduling constraints.
The Ministry of Transportation and the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC) continue to monitor satellite imagery and atmospheric conditions around the Sunda Strait, maintaining real-time safety advisories for regional air traffic corridors.
