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)