Malaysia's AirAsia and Singapore's SilkAir airlines have canceled flights to two Indonesian destinations because of volcanic ash from Mount Merapi that began erupting a week ago.
An official o budget airline AirAsia says four of its flights between Kuala Lumpur and the cities of Solo and Yogyakarta were scrapped on Tuesday. The two cities are about 19 miles (30 kilometers) from the crater.
She says the airline has not canceled Wednesday's flights so far. The official declined to be identified, iting company policy.
A SilkAir reservation agent in Singapore also says two flights to Solo were canceled Tuesday. He says he has no information about Wednesday's flight.
They are the first international airlines to suspend flights to Indonesia since Merapi erupted.
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