Philippine Airlines cancels all domestic flights

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Airlines (PAL) announced on Tuesday the cancellation of all of its domestic flights amid the enhanced community quarantine now being enforced by the government on the entire island of Luzon.

“In compliance with the Philippine government’s Enhanced Community Quarantine measure over the Region of Luzon, including Metro Manila, ALL DOMESTIC FLIGHTS of Philippine Airlines are CANCELLED effective immediately until April 12, 2020,” PAL said in a statement posted on its Facebook account.

PAL flights will resume on April 13.

“We continue to operate INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS up to midnight of March 20, 2020. We will announce in due course the status of our international flights from March 20 up to April 12, as we are presently coordinating with government authorities on the relevant implementing details,” PAL added.

It said it will comply with the travel restrictions set by the government during the enhanced community quarantine over Luzon in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

The quarantine ends on April 12.

Despite this cancellation of flights, PAL said its Manila Airport Ticket Office at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 will remain open from 2 a.m. until 10 p.m. daily. However, all other PAL ticket offices in Metro Manila will be closed to comply with the quarantine order.

Those with travel and ticketing concerns may call PAL hotline at (63 2) 88558888.

“We respectfully request you to consider deferring any requests for rebooking until after 12 April 2020, in view of the strict social distancing required by the quarantine measures; we expect a high volume of queries and transactions at the Ticket Office as well as the Hotline, and we ask you to bear with us as we deal with the challenge of handling an unprecedented number of canceled flights over this quarantine period,” said PAL, asking for understanding and patience from its passengers.

Edited by MUF

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