Selected PAL Flights to Western Visayas Including Boracay Cancelled
PAL – The Philippine Airlines cancelled selected flights to Western Visayas including those bound to Boracay until April 10, 2021.
More than a week ago, the Philippines started recording higher cases of COVID-19 daily. The spike prompted the government and the authorities to strengthen the fight against the pandemic.
PH is one of the over 200 countries and territories that are battling against the COVID-19 pandemic now. Previously, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that nations must not put their guards down early to prevent a 2nd wave of the disease.
Even WHO was alarmed by how fast COVID-19 has spread across nations last year. The pandemic has shaken the healthcare systems of several countries across the globe.
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In PH, due to the spike of the COVID-19 cases, the government decided to place the entire National Capital Region (NCR) and its neighboring provinces under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) again. The said provinces are Bulacan, Laguna, Cavite, and Rizal.
The government released guidelines in the pursuit to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the Philippines. Following the new guidelines, PAL cancelled selected flights bound to Western Visayas including flights to Boracay Island until April 10, 2021.
Based on a report on ABS-CBN News, the cancelled flights include those that are from Manila to Bacolod, Iloilo, Antique, Caticlan, Kalibo, and Roxas City. Flights from Cebu to Caticlan are also cancelled until April 10.
Meanwhile, with regards to flights from Bacolod, Iloilo, Kalibo, and Roxas to Manila, PAL assured that it will continue. The flights from Antique to Manila will resume operation on April 10, 2021. The airline said that passengers affected by the flight cancellation may convert their ticket to travel vouchers, rebook their flight, or get a refund.
Based on the report, the following are allowed to travel to other regions amid the ECQ implementation:
- Health/emergency frontline services personnel
- Government officials and frontline personnel
- Duly-authorized humanitarian assistance actors
- Persons traveling for medical/humanitarian reasons
- Persons going to the airport for travel abroad
- Persons crossing zones for work or business permitted in the zone of destination, and going back home.
- Returning or repatriated OFWs and other Returning Overseas Filipinos (ROFs) returning to their places of residence
- Locally-stranded individuals (LSIs)
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