PAL to limit international flights to and from Manila

MANILA, Philippines — Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) on Friday announced that it will be limiting its international flights going to and from Manila to help foreigners and Filipino migrant workers leave the country amid the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine now being enforced.

To recall, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) has allowed outbound flights but only for foreigners and Filipino workers who want to leave the country beyond 72 hours after the enhanced community quarantine was enforced on March 17.

The DOTr relaxed its earlier policy which only gave airline passengers 72 hours to leave the Philippines from the effectivity of the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon.

Here are the international flights that will be operating from March 20 to 31:

MANILA – LOS ANGELES – MANILA:

PR 102/103 –  Daily

PR 112/113 –  March 20 only

MANILA – SAN FRANCISCO – MANILA:

PR104/105 – March 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29 and 30

MANILA – HONOLULU – MANILA

PR100/101 – March 21, 24, 28 and 31

MANILA – TORONTO – MANILA

PR118/119 – March 20, 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30

MANILA – VANCOUVER – MANILA

PR116/117 – March 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 29 and 31

MANILA – NEW YORK JFK – MANILA

PR126/127 – March 21, 23, 25, 27, 29 and 31

MANILA – LONDON HEATHROW – MANILA

PR720/721 – March 21, 24, 27, 29 and 31

MANILA – BANGKOK – MANILA

PR730/731 – March 20, 21, 23, 25, 27 and 29

MANILA – SINGAPORE – MANILA

PR501/512 – March 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 31

MANILA – KUALA LUMPUR – MANILA

PR525/526 – March 20 only

MANILA – TOKYO NARITA – MANILA

PR432/431 – March 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28 and 29 only

MANILA – TOKYO HANEDA – MANILA

PR422/421 – Daily except March 25 and 27

MANILA – NAGOYA – MANILA

PR438/437 – March 21 and 25 only

MANILA – OSAKA KANSAI – MANILA

PR412/411 – March 22, 25, 27, 29 and 31

MANILA – FUKUOKA – MANILA

PR426/425 – March 22, 25 and 27 only

MANILA – GUAM – MANILA

PR110/111 – March 22, 25 and 29 only

From March 20 to March 31, PAL said it will temporarily halt services between Manila and Auckland, Port Moresby, Brisbane, Melbourne, Taipei, Jakarta, Bali, Sapporo, Phnom Penh, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Dubai.

Meanwhile, flights to mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Korea, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia remain suspended, PAL said.

PAL said they will announce updates for additional operational flights from April 1 to April 12 depending on developments on the enhanced community quarantine.

The airline added that charges for rebooking for passengers affected by the canceled flights from March 20 to March 31 have been waived.

“Any applicable fare difference is waived for passengers flying on the same cabin class on their rebooked flight,” read the statement.

“The same free rebooking and fare difference waiver privileges are also extended to passengers of flights outside the March 15 to April 30 period who are prevented from travel due to government-imposed travel bans, mandatory quarantine or flight cancellations due to COVID-19,” it added.

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