Around 3k OFWs Affected by Air Traffic Technical Issues Assisted
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) reported that around 3,000 OFW affected by air traffic technical issues were being assisted.
On Monday (January 2, 2023), DMW Undersecretary Hans Leo Cacdac said that over 3,000 affected overseas Filipino workers were assisted to rebook their flights due to the air traffic system.
The airport authorities declared the cancellation of about 280 international and domestic flights due to the technical issue in the Air Traffic Management Center of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP).
Cacdac said that about 3,000 OFWs get assistance with rebooking and rescheduling their flights. Several passengers were able to get flights today and some have booked their flights for up to two or three days.
The DMW Undersecretary revealed that the recruitment agencies and airlines of affected migrant workers even provide help in terms of food, transport, and hotel accommodation.
He noted that about 400 of these OFWs who were stranded at Clark and Mactan airports as well as Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) had asked for assistance in making hotel reservations.
As of 4 pm on Sunday, the system had been partially restored as flights, both arriving and departing, according to the Department of Transportation (DOTr).
Flight operations in Manila are anticipated to resume in three days, according to transportation officials, although billions of pesos worth of improvements are required to prevent a repeat of this incident, which affected thousands of passengers.
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