Malaysia’s Firefly extends Seletar-Subang flight cancellations to Oct 16 due to haze
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The airline had earlier cancelled flights from Oct 10 to Oct 14.
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- Firefly has extended Subang-Seletar flight cancellations until Oct 16 because of haze and weather, after earlier cuts from Oct 10 to 14.
- Cancelled flights include several FY3122 to FY3133 services. Affected passengers may be moved to Malaysia Airlines flights, or get a full refund.
- The haze worsened in Singapore, with PSI hitting 192 in the central region on Oct 9 and PM2.5 reaching 288 in the west on Oct 14, according to the National Environment Agency.
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SINGAPORE – Malaysia’s Firefly has again extended its cancellation of flights on the Subang-Seletar route due to haze, this time until Oct 16.
The airline had earlier cancelled flights between Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang and Singapore’s Seletar Airport from Oct 10 to 12 due to the haze, and then extended the cancellation to Oct 14.
In a notice on its website, Firefly said the following flights were cancelled:
Subang to Seletar:
FY3122 (Oct 15 and 16)
FY3124 (Oct 15 and 16)
FY3126 (Oct 15 and 16)
FY3128 (Oct 15 and 16)
FY3130 (Oct 15 and 16)
FY3132 (Oct 15 and 16)
Seletar to Subang:
FY3123 (Oct 15 and 16)
FY3125 (Oct 15 and 16)
FY3127 (Oct 15 and 16)
FY3129 (Oct 15 and 16)
FY3131 (Oct 15 and 16)
FY3144 (Oct 15)
FY3133 (Oct 16)
Firefly stated on its website that affected passengers will be reallocated onto available Malaysia Airlines flights from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore, where possible.
Those who do not want replacement flights can receive a full refund, according to the website.
The 24-hour PSI first breached unhealthy levels in 2026 due to smoke haze from Sumatra and Kalimantan on Sept 4, the National Environment Agency said.
On Oct 14, the PSI hit the very unhealthy range in western Singapore at 9pm with a reading of 203, a record high for 2026.
The one-hour PM2.5 reading also hit a new high for the year on Oct 14, with a measurement of 288 in the west at 3pm.