The Thai airline stops some internal flights due to air pollution

De VNA & NBSPMARCH 5, 2025 | 07:00 pm for

Tourists are waiting to verify flights at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok, Thailand, January 4, 2023. PHOTO of Reuters

Bangkok Airways, one of the main airlines in Thailand, said on Wednesday to suspend flights between Bangkok and a northern province for more than a month due to the weak visibility caused by air pollution.

The carrier said that the flights from Bangkok to the North-West city of the MAE Hong will be suspended, because the smog is expected to make too poor visibility to land. The company encountered the same problem in 2024, when smog levels were extremely high.

The authority of the MAE Hong Son airport, a popular stop of travelers in northern Thailand, announced on Facebook last week that flights will be suspended from March 15 to April 20.

Air pollution Peaks in Thailand, especially in the north, between December and April, while farmers burn stubbornly to prepare land for the next culture season. The Thai government has banned that it had burned the crops at the beginning of 2025, with rapists who face fines and legal actions, although it is not yet clear what impact the measures have.

The air quality index for the MAE Hong Son was 7.9 times higher than the guidelines of the World Health Organization, according to IQ Air Data, which measures global air pollution.