Haze disrupts flights

Haze disrupts flights

SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Thick haze in Pontianak and
Palangkaraya has forced the suspension of all flights to these
two cities from Balikpapan.

Airports in the two towns have been closed since Tuesday and
will be reopened only when the sky is clear of the smoke coming
from forest fires, Antara reported.

"We are monitoring the development in the two towns," said a
spokesman for the Samarinda office of Merpati Nusantara Airlines,
Gatot Budiono. (pan)