PAL resumes flights to Tacloban IN order to help passengers who were affected by the flight cancellations and to aid in the airlifting of relief goods for residents who have been displaced by Monster Storm Yolanda, the country’s flag carrier Philippine Airlines yesterday resumed commercial flights services to Tacloban City in Leyte. Government is however allowing limited turbo prop flights to give way to humanitarian missions ferrying relief supplies and equipment. PAL said it is responding to that call via special flight 2P5971 carrying relief supplies. Current flight limitations due to the damage brought about by the said typhoon to the Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport which has been so extensive, prompted flight operations to be limited. Also in view of this, PAL will be operating its Manila-Tacloban service via Cebu City while passengers flying between Manila and Tacloban will have to go through the Mactan/Cebu International Airport. Meanwhile, the smaller Bombardier Dash 8 turboprop aircraft will be utilized to service the Tacloban-Cebu segment while the restriction is in effect. PAL has designated its budget carrier subsidiary PAL Express (PALex)to service the Cebu-Tacloban route with flights. The PALex commercial flights include 2P5973 which leaves Cebu at 7:40 a.m. and arrives in Tacloban at 8:20 a.m. The return flight, 2P5974 leaves Tacloban at 8:50 a.m. and arrives in Cebu 40 minutes later. PALex flight 2P5975 departs Cebu at 10 a.m. with the return flight, 2P5975 departing Tacloban at 11:10 a.m. Flight 2P5977 leaves Cebu at 12:20 p.m. with flight 2P5978 returning at 2:30 p.m. The last flight for the day, 2P5979 leaves Cebu at 3:40 p.m. with the return flight, 2P5980 leaving Tacloban at 4:50 p.m. A PAL special flight departed from Manila en route to Tacloban yesterday morning to ferry relief supplies to the city which was hardest-hit. Meanwhile, PALex is reinstating the following flights resulting from the reopening of Kalibo and Busuanga airports: 2P565/566, 2P567/568, 2P969/970 and 2P081/082 which are flight services between Manila and Kalibo. Also reinstated were the Manila-Kalibo-Pudong-Kalibo flights 2P975, 2P741, 2P742 and 2P976, the Manila to Kalibo to Hangzhou to Kalibo to Manila flights 2P975, 2P745, 2P746 and 2P976. PALex flights 2P031/032 and 2P033/034, which services the Manila-Busuanga route have also been reinstated. Philippine Airlines and PALex are operating commercial flights to Tacloban via Cebu starting yesterday, to help passengers whose flights were cancelled as a result of the super typhoon. The government has temporarily halted commercial jet operations in Tacloban due to heavy damage sustained by the airport from the strong winds and storm surges.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 00:27:42 +0000
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