Philippine Airlines expands domestic flights offering

Philippine Airlines said Wednesday it would expand domestic flight offerings in the coming days after Metro Manila was placed back to general community quarantine.

As of Aug. 19, the flag carrier operates 15 percent of its total daily flight capacity or 50 flights out of the usual 280 to 300 flights per day, spokesperson Cielo Villaluna told Teleradyo.

"Since we are on GCQ, sa araw na ito meron nang flights (we have flights)… Before Aug. 19 we already anticipated the declaration that’s why we opened this destination but again, only for essential travelers," Villaluna said.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday downgraded the quarantine restrictions in the National Capital Region, lifting the suspension of public transport including air travel.

Available flights on Aug. 19:

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS:

PR102 (19Aug) Manila - Los Angeles
PR104 (19Aug) Manila - San Francisco
PR119 (19Aug) Manila - Toronto
PR211 (19Aug) Manila - Sydney
PR422 (19Aug) Manila - Haneda
PR438 (19Aug) Manila - Nagoya
PR507 (19Aug) Manila - Singapore
PR684 (19Aug) Manila - Doha
PR890 (19Aug) Manila - Taipei
PR655 (18Aug) Riyadh - (19Aug) Manila
PR659 (18Aug) Dubai - (19Aug) - Manila
PR8655 (18Aug) Riyadh - (19Aug) Manila
PR421 (19Aug) Haneda - Manila
PR508 (19Aug) Singapore - Manila
PR437 (19Aug) Nagoya - Manila
PR891 (19Aug) Taipei - Manila
PR212 (19Aug) Sydney - (20Aug) Manila
PR655 (19Aug) Riyadh - (20Aug) Manila
PR685 (19Aug) Doha - (20Aug) Manila
PR103 (19Aug) Los Angeles - (21Aug) Manila
PR105 (19Aug) San Francisco-(21Aug) Manila

DOMESTIC FLIGHTS:

PR1859/1860 Manila - Cebu - Manila
PR1849/1850 Manila - Cebu - Manila
2P2141/2142 Manila Iloilo Manila
2P2313/2314 Cebu - CDO - Cebu
2P2521/2522 Manila - CDO - Manila
2P2561/2562 Manila - Dipolog - Manila
2P2785/2786 Manila - PPS - Manila
2P2886/2887 Manila - Ozamiz - Manila
2P2934/2935 Manila - Butuan - Manila
2P2985/2986 Manila - Tacloban - Manila
*2P4529/6530 Manila - CDO - Manila
*2P4205/4206 Manila - San Jose - Manila

On Aug. 20, there will be flights between Manila to Cotabato, Davao, General Santos, Pagadian and Zamboanga, PAL said.

On Aug. 21, flights between Manila to Catarman, Dumaguete and Kalibo will be available while flights between Manila to Roxas and Bacolod will resume on Aug. 24, Villaluna said.

PAL, however, reminded the public that the said flights were still for essential travelers including locally stranded individuals (LSIs) and authorized person outside of residence (APORs).

Courtesy of ABS-CBN News

Source: Peso Economics