Data from major airlines show that a total of 1,108 flights were cancelled in the period 1 August to 31 October 1997. Private, charter-basis DAS airlines suffered most, with 532 flights cancelled because of the haze. The second-highest number of flights cancelled were on the government-owned airline Garuda Indonesia, which had 412 flights cancelled. Accordingly, a total loss of US$7.54 million (Rp18.9 billion) was declared by major airlines in relation to haze problems in Indonesia (see TABLE 5.4).