All about risk management, when it’s just the ash cloud Aussie Operators tend to err on the side of safety, as industry professionals we accept this. The problem is when Garuda and Air Asia launch pax go but why can’t you? They just don’t get it.
As for the Jetstar encounter mentioned above, yes that was a flight into unreported ash in the wee hours of the morning, expensive but lucky!
On the corporate jet side it’s no different some go some don’t.
Yes if Agung goes big it will really hurt Bali for sometime. Although no airline really depends on the market alone. Unlike what was the airline Air Pacific? A310s has 4 of them? Starting to really do well then the bombings......