Jayapura, Papua, Oct. 12 -- Haze from forest and land fires delayed several flights from Sentani International Airport in Jayapura District to Timika, Wamena, and Sorong in Indonesia's Papua region, airport officials said.

Syahrial, Sentani International Airport's public relations officer, told reporters in Jayapura on Monday that several airlines had delayed departures because smoke was affecting conditions at destination airports.

"Departures were indeed delayed because of forest and land fire smoke, particularly on flights from Sentani to Timika, Wamena, and Sorong," he said.

The affected airlines included Lion Air, Garuda Indonesia, Wings Air, Trigana Air, and Sriwijaya Air, Syahrial said.

Affected flights included Lion Air JT985 ...