Firefly Flights Between S’pore & M’sia Cancelled Due To Haze On 18 Sept 2019

Unless you have been living under a rock for the past few weeks, I’m sure you would know by now that haze season is back.

The Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) level has been climbing steadily and it doesn’t look like it’s going to go down any time soon, with forest fires still raging in Indonesia.

And unfortunately, the haze comes along with a shit ton of problems.

As if the poor air quality and negative health effects were not bad enough, the thick blanket of haze shrouding the sky has also led to flights being cancelled.

Firefly Had To Cancel 12 Flights

A total of 12 Firefly flights between Singapore and Malaysia had to be cancelled yesterday, 18 September 2019.

This was due to the poor visibility caused by haze.

According to The Straits Times, a Firefly spokesperson said that that they would continue to monitor the situation for the 12 flights scheduled between Seletar Airport and Subang Airport today, 19 September 2019.

“We are looking at the reports carefully for now so as to manage possible situations affecting the airspace,” she said.

There are six flights from Seletar Airport to Subang Airport that were cancelled, and another six from Subang Airport to Seletar Airport.

The budget airline is making arrangements to transfer the affected passengers to its parent company, Malaysia Airlines.

According to Firefly, all of them had to be cancelled “due to the haze and the resultant bad visibility”.

Not The Only Airline With Flights Cancelled 

Apart from Firefly, a few other carriers had no choice but to cancel their flights too.

Silkair cancelled five flights when the Air Pollutant Index readings in Penang reached 200 and entered “very unhealthy” levels yesterday. Another Penang-bound Silkair flight had to be diverted to Medan, Indonesia, which was more than 400km away.

It was initially scheduled to land in Penang at 9.30am yesterday, but it ended up leaving Medan at 3.20pm and returning to Changi Airport shortly after.

Scoot cancelled six flights between Singapore and Ipoh yesterday, and it also had to delay two flights on Tuesday.

This meant that many people had to spend extra hours in the airport, as they no longer had a flight to take them where they needed to be.

And unfortunately, it’s not Changi Airport where there are a million and one things for you to do and see. And eat.

Last Friday, hundreds of passengers were stranded at the Ipoh airport after the haze affected visibility and flights had to be delayed and rescheduled.

Damn, the haze really is making life hard for everyone.

It looks like more flights may have to be cancelled or delayed if the air quality continues to worsen at this rate.

In case you were planning a weekend trip to Malaysia any time soon, I guess you’re going to have to put that thought aside for now.