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Island in focus: Haze delays flights at Kualanamu airport
The haze that has blanketed many parts of North Sumatra for the last three days has delayed several flights from the Kualanamu International Airport in Medan on Sunday
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he haze that has blanketed many parts of North Sumatra for the last three days has delayed several flights from the Kualanamu International Airport in Medan on Sunday.
The airport duty manager Jasirin said the haze which came from the Jambi, Riau and South Sumatra provinces, had delayed two Garuda Indonesia flights to Palembang, South Sumatra, and Sibolga, North Sumatra and a Wings Air flight to Sibolga. 'The departures were postponed for about two hours since the destination airports were covered by the haze,' Jasirin told The Jakarta Post.
He admitted that the haze had also slightly blanketed the Kualanamu airport for the last three days. Nonetheless, he maintained that it was still considered normal and safe for the flights to arrive and depart from the airport.
