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Mon, 09/28/2009 - 00:22
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HAZE HITS JAMBI AIRPORT AGAIN
Jambi, Indonesia, Sept 27 (ANTARA) - The Sultan Taha Saifudin (STS) airport in Jambi is now hit by haze again on Sunday, and visibility reached only as far as 1,600 meters, an airport spokesman said.
The visibility is shorter than the 1,800 meters runway, the Airport's air traffic assistant manager Dwi Putra Jaya said here on Sunday.
According to him, the haze has engulfed the city for almost a week now, and the airport used to cancel flight schedules in the morning.
"At 6.30 a.m local time on Sunday visibility reached only 1,600 meters, but increased to 3,000 meters an hour later and at 10 a.m reached 5,000 meters," he said.
The haze density and altitude on Sunday morning did not affect flight reschedules, nor caused delays in Jambi-Jakarta and Jakarta-Batam flights.
The first Lion Air Jambi-Jakarta flight on 7.45 a.m went well without any problem, because the height of the haze reached 2,000 meters.
The second flight was a Garuda plane which flew in from Jakarta at 8.15 a.m, and returned to Jakarta at 8.45, also according to schedule.
The flights that followed are Batavia Air, Mandala Air and Sriwijaya Air, all without delay.
Dwi Putra said due the haze density and low lying, covering Jambi Province has caused the pilots to increase their alertness. Sometimes pilots circle the airport three times to wait for the right time to land.
The airport serving two different routes, Jambi-Jakarta and Jambi-Batam, with an average of 11 daily flights.
The Jambi-Jakarta route is covered by six different airlines, namely Mandala Air, Sriwijaya Air, Lion Air and Batavia with two flights daily, meanwhile Garuda Indonesia and Kartika Air only once a day.
"The Jambi-Batam route is covered twice a day by Sriwijaya Air and Kartika Air with four weekly flights," he said.***
The visibility is shorter than the 1,800 meters runway, the Airport's air traffic assistant manager Dwi Putra Jaya said here on Sunday.
According to him, the haze has engulfed the city for almost a week now, and the airport used to cancel flight schedules in the morning.
"At 6.30 a.m local time on Sunday visibility reached only 1,600 meters, but increased to 3,000 meters an hour later and at 10 a.m reached 5,000 meters," he said.
The haze density and altitude on Sunday morning did not affect flight reschedules, nor caused delays in Jambi-Jakarta and Jakarta-Batam flights.
The first Lion Air Jambi-Jakarta flight on 7.45 a.m went well without any problem, because the height of the haze reached 2,000 meters.
The second flight was a Garuda plane which flew in from Jakarta at 8.15 a.m, and returned to Jakarta at 8.45, also according to schedule.
The flights that followed are Batavia Air, Mandala Air and Sriwijaya Air, all without delay.
Dwi Putra said due the haze density and low lying, covering Jambi Province has caused the pilots to increase their alertness. Sometimes pilots circle the airport three times to wait for the right time to land.
The airport serving two different routes, Jambi-Jakarta and Jambi-Batam, with an average of 11 daily flights.
The Jambi-Jakarta route is covered by six different airlines, namely Mandala Air, Sriwijaya Air, Lion Air and Batavia with two flights daily, meanwhile Garuda Indonesia and Kartika Air only once a day.
"The Jambi-Batam route is covered twice a day by Sriwijaya Air and Kartika Air with four weekly flights," he said.***
