GEORGE TOWN, Oct 4 – The worsening air quality today at Penang has been caused several flights from the Penang International Airport (PIA) in Bayan Lepas to be cancelled and delayed. PIA senior manager Ariff Jaafar on Sunday said that there were three flights to Subang been cancelled while five other flights to Subang and Johor Baru were delayed.
“The operations of PIA remained normal due to the Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) was still in monitoring the situation with the Malaysian Meteorological Department and airline companies. I would like to urged all the passengers to be patient and check for the latest updates on MAHB’s Twitter, which uses the handle @MY_Airports,” he said.
The API readings recorded by the Department of Environment stood at 148 in Perai, 174 in Seberang Jaya and 172 on the island during afternoon. Meanwhile, the figures from the Malaysian Meteorological Department showed that horizontal visibility as of noon was at 0.8km in Bayan Lepas and 0.4km in Butterworth. Besides that, it also causes several events in Penang including the Seberang Perai Municipal Council’s (MPSP) car free morning to be cancelled.
