Dubai-Philippines travel: Some flights cancelled due to ‘government restrictions’

The Philippines’ national carrier on Sunday took to social media to announce that some of its flights to and from Dubai were cancelled because of restrictions imposed by local authorities.

Among the Philippine Airlines’ flights that were cancelled were:

• Manila-Dubai-Cebu flights on October 31

• Manila-Dubai-Manila flights on November 1 and 2

“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,” the airline said in a Facebook post.

All affected passengers are given the option to rebook their flight, convert their ticket into a travel voucher, or get a refund.

“We are reaching out to notify affected passengers directly by email or other means, based on other contact information provided by the passengers. We are also assessing other alternatives, such as using alternate gateways, so that we can transport the affected passengers in the coming days,” PAL said.

Full vaccinated travellers from countries on the green list, on the other hand, can skip the hotel quarantine as long as they can provide a negative result of a PCR test taken within 72 hours before their flight.