IPOH (Bernama): Six of the 14 scheduled flights at the Sultan Azlan Shah Airport (LTSAS) here had to be cancelled Sunday (Sept 22) morning due to haze.
LTSAS manager Mohd Ali Osman said the cancelled flights were for the routes Johor Baru-Ipoh-Singapore and Singapore-Ipoh-Johor Baru by Air Asia and the Singapore-Ipoh-Singapore route by Singapore's low-cost carrier, FlyScoot.
"The visibility was 2000m as at 7am Sunday, ” he said in a statement.
He said the cancellations involved 747 passengers.
According to the Malaysian Air Pollution Index Management’s (APIMS) portal, the Air Pollutant Index (API) readings at all five stations in Perak at 8am sunday showed unhealthy air quality.
An API between zero and 50 indicates good air quality; 51 and 100, moderate; 101 and 200, unhealthy; 201 and 300, very unhealthy and 301 and above, hazardous.
For the latest information on the haze and related matters, refer to the Bernama portal at www.bernama.com. - Bernama
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