Hanoi, March 5 -- Bangkok Airways, one of Thailand's main airlines, confirmed on March 5 that it will suspend flights between Bangkok and a northern province for more than a month because of poor visibility caused by air pollution.

The carrier said flights from Bangkok to the north-western town of Mae Hong Son because smog was expected to make visibility too poor to land. The company experienced the same problem in 2024, when smog levels were extremely high.

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

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