Philippine Airlines cancels some Dubai-Manila flights due to government restrictions

Dubai: Philippine Airlines has canceled some flights between Dubai and Manila, citing flight restrictions imposed by local authorities.

The following flights were canceled:

“These cancellations and adjustments are beyond PAL’s control and prevent us from serving the urgent travel needs of our OFWs and other passengers. We sincerely regret the inconvenience,” said the national carrier in a Facebook post.

“We urgently appeal to the Philippine and Dubai authorities to work towards resolving the situation so that we may again be able to operate our planned schedule of flights to and from Dubai and make use of all our seats onboard each flight, for the best interests of our passengers,” said the airline.

The airline said affected passengers can opt to rebook their flight to a later date or convert their ticket to a travel voucher. They can also refund their ticket without facing any penalties.

Last month, UAE was moved to Philippines’ ‘yellow list’ category, which is used to classify countries at moderate risk. Inbound international travelers, regardless of their vaccination status, coming from or with travel history from yellow-list nations within the past 14 days before their arrival in the Philippines should strictly follow the entry, testing, and quarantine protocols: