Ormoc airport resumes normal operations

Operations at the Ormoc Airport returned to normal on Saturday, two days after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the city.

The Department of Transportation made the announcement on its social media pages, saying it and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines had finished inspection of the airport facilities and runway.

The airport obtained potholes due to the strong earthquake that rocked parts of the Visayas region on Thursday.

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Cebu Pacific, however, said that it has yet to resume its daily Cebu-Ormoc flights once “the airline’s operational requirements are met.”

“Cebu Pacific, in cooperation with CAAP, is sending a risk assessment team to the Ormoc Airport, prior to the resumption of its flights. This is to ensure that the airline’s operational requirements are met,” it said in a Twitter advisory.

The airline on Friday cancelled its Cebu-Ormoc flights until Sunday because of the reported damage seen at the Leyte airport.

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The powerful earthquake had reportedly killed two people and injured 72 others. Rogelio Nato Jr., INQUIRER.net trainee/IDL