IPOH: Six of the 14 scheduled flights at Sultan Azlan Shah Airport (LTSAS) here were cancelled this morning due to haze.
LTSAS manager Mohd Ali Osman said the cancelled flights were for the Johor Bahru-Ipoh-Singapore and Singapore-Ipoh-Johor Bahru routes by AirAsia and the Singapore-Ipoh-Singapore route by Singapore’s low-cost carrier, FlyScoot.
“The visibility was 2,000 metres at 7am today,” he said in a statement here.
He said cancellation of the flights 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 until 8am today showed “unhealthy” air.
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.