Six flights at Ipoh airport cancelled


IPOH: Six of the 14 scheduled flights at Sultan Azlan Shah Airport here were cancelled due to haze.

Airport manager Mohd Ali Osman said the cancellation involved the Johor Baru-Ipoh-Singapore and Singapore-Ipoh-Johor Baru flights by AirAsia and the Singapore-Ipoh-Singapore route by Singapore budget carrier FlyScoot.

“The visibility was 2,000m as of 7am (yesterday),” he said.

The cancellation of the flights involved 747 passengers.

API readings at all five stations in Perak until 8am yesterday 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. — Bernama

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