PAL cancels remaining international flights temporarily from March 26 to April 14

March 24, 2020

Philippine Airlines (PAL) said Tuesday all remaining international flights will be suspended temporarily, starting  March 26, 2020 until  April 14 2020.

All domestic flights had ceased as of March 17, 2020.

PAL spokesperson Cielo Villaluna said after careful consideration, the flag carrier concluded it could no longer sustain even a limited number of international flights for the following reasons:

*The strict travel and entry restrictions imposed by more and more countries;

*The resulting collapse in demand for travel; and continuing challenges in staffing our Manila airport hub during the ongoing lockdown.

PAL's last flight to depart from Manilawill be PR 104 for San Francisco at 10:10 pm on March 25.

Several flights will continue to arrive in Manila on March 26. These are from Los Angeles, Tokyo Narita and Jakarta, and on March 27 from New York JFK, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

''Our firm goal is to resume operations starting 15 April 2020, if warranted by Philippine and international authorities, global public health conditions and the travel environment,'' said PAL.

Travelers are asked to follow announcements on PAL website www.philippineairlines.com and PAL Facebook and Twitter social media accounts.

PAL will now work on conserving  its resources in anticipation of the recovery and caring for the needs of PAL team members while it keeps the fleet ready for resumption.

'' We shall continue to make aircraft and service personnel available for special flights to retrieve stranded passengers as well as cargo flights to keep intact critical supply chains across our islands,'' it said.

Given the current circumstances, PAL will do our best to keep its customer support network open to serve your needs, including the website and our customer Global Reservations Hotlines at (+632) 8855-8888 (Manila) and 1-800-435-9725 (USA/Canada). DMS