2 domestic flights cancelled, 7 other flights diverted to Clark airport due to poor visibility

MANILA, Philippines—Poor visibility at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has resulted in the cancellation of at least two domestic flights and the diversion of seven other flights to the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport in Pampanga on Sunday, the Manila International Airport Authority said.

In an advisory Sunday, the MIAA public affairs office named the cancelled flights as Zest Air 400 and 401, the domestic airline’s onward trip to San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, and its return flight to Manila.

Those diverted to the former Clark international airport were two incoming international flights of Philippine Airlines—PR 105 from San Francisco and PR 103 from Los Angeles.

The flights were scheduled to arrive at the NAIA Terminal 2 at 5:20 a.m. and 5:55 a.m., respectively.

Also diverted to the Pampanga airport were the following domestic flights:

• Cebu Pacific’s 5J 550 and 5J 567, both bound for Cebu City, and the Tacloban City-bound 5J 652, and
• Air Philippines’ 2P 910 and 2P 976, which were bound for Bacolod City and Kalibo, Aklan.

NAIA authorities noted that at around 6 a.m., visibility at the airport’s four terminals was nearly zero.

Meanwhile, bad weather has caused the cancellation of eight other domestic flights:

• Air Philippines 2P 261, bound for Naga City and 2P 262, its return trip to Manila;

Cebu Pacific’s 5J 191, bound for Naga City and 5J 520, its return trip to Manila; 5J 821, its Masbate City-bound flight and 5J 822, its return trip to Manila; 5J 893, bound for Caticlan, Aklan, and 5J 894, its return flight to Manila.