The return of Metro Manila to enhanced community quarantine status affected the flights of airline companies in the Philippines.
AirAsia said that only essential travellers and authorized persons outside of residence can travel into and out of Metro Manila, Cavite, Bulacan, Laguna and Rizal as mandated by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF).
In an advisory, the airline company said that essential Travelers and Authorized Persons Outside Residence (APOR) include the following:
- Health/emergency frontline personnel
- Government officials and frontline personnel
- Duly authorized humanitarian assistance actors
- Persons traveling for medical/humanitarian reasons
- Persons going to the airport for travel abroad
- Persons crossing zones for work or business permitted in the zone of destination, and going back home
- Returning or repatriated OFWs and other Overseas Filipinos returning to their places of residence
AirAsia also reminded guests of the temporary suspension of inbound travel to Iloilo City and Cagayan for people coming from Metro Manila, Cavite, Bulacan, Laguna, Rizal, Cebu, and Davao City.
The temporary suspension will begin on August 1 and last until August 7.
“AirAsia would like to advise our guests to regularly check our social media pages for updated travel requirements. We will continue to monitor the situation in our various domestic destinations, and will update flight schedules regularly as needed," AirAsia Philippines spokesperson Steve Dailisan said.
Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific have cancelled some of their flights in response to the decision of the government.
The cancelled flights include:
For Philippine Airlines
- PR 2041 Manila-Caticlan – July 31 to August 3
- PR 2043 Manila-Caticlan – July 31 to August 3
- PR 2039/2040 Manila-Caticlan-Manila – July 31 to August 20
- PR 2041/2042 Manila-Caticlan-Manila – August 4 to 20
- PR 2043/2044 Manila-Caticlan-Manila – August 4 to 20
- PR 2045/2046 Manila-Caticlan-Manila – July 31 to August 20
- PR 2963/2964 Manila-Busuanga (Coron)-Manila – August 6 to 20
- PR 2925/2926 Manila-Legazpi-Manila – August 6 to 20
- PR 2781/2782 Manila-Puerto Princesa-Manila – August 10, 15 and 17
- PR 1849/1850 Manila-Cebu – August 1 to 20
- PR 2861 Manila-Cebu – August 1 to 19
- PR 2836 Cebu-Manila – August 1 to 20
- PR 1809/1810 Manila-Davao-Manila – August 1 to 20
- PR 1819/1820 Manila-Davao-Manila – August 1 to 20
- PR 2519/2520 Manila-Cagayan de Oro-Manila – August 2 to 20
- PR 2529/2530 Manila-Cagayan de Oro-Manila – August 2 to 20
- PR 2777/2778 Manila-Tagbilaran (Panglao)-Manila – August 2 to 20
- PR 2981/2982 Manila-Tacloban-Manila – August 5 to 6; then August 8 to 20
- PR 2561/2562 Manila-Dipolog-Manila – Cancelled Wed/Fri flights only, August 6 to 20
- PR 2557/2558 Manila-Dipolog-Manila – August 8 to 16
- PR 2543/2544 Manila-Dumaguete-Manila – Cancelled every Sunday only, August 8 to 29
- PR 2545/2546 Manila-Dumaguete-Manila – Cancelled every Saturday only, August 1 to 29
- PR 2969/2970 Manila-Kalibo-Manila – Cancelled every Sat/Sun only, August 6 to 20
- PR 2130 Bacolod-Manila – Cancelled every Mon/Fri, August 9 to 16
- PR 2132 Bacolod-Manila – August 15
- PR2374/2375 Cebu-Siargao-Cebu – July 31
- PR 2368/2369 Cebu-Caticlan (Boracay)-Cebu – August 1 to 20
- PR 2315/2316 Cebu-Cagayan de Oro-Cebu – Cancelled every Monday, August 2 to 9
- PR 2313/2314 Cebu-Cagayan de Oro-Cebu – Cancelled every Thursday, August 5 to 12
For Cebu Pacific
- 5J 615/616 Manila-Bohol-Manila - August 9,16
- 5J 619/620 Manila-Bohol-Manila - August 8, 12, 15, 19
- 5J 789/790 Manila-Butuan-Manila - August 6 to 9,11,13,15,16,18,20
- 5J 891/892 Manila-Boracay (Caticlan)-Manila - August 6 to 20
- 5J 895/896 Manila-Boracay (Caticlan)-Manila - August 6 to 20
- 5J 899/900 Manila-Boracay (Caticlan)-Manila - August 6 to 20
- 5J 901/902 Manila-Boracay (Caticlan)-Manila - August 6 to 20
- 5J 905/906 Manila-Boracay (Caticlan)-Manila - August 6 to 20
- 5J 383/384 Manila-Cagayan De Oro-Manila - August 8 to 10, 15 to 17
- 5J 553/554 Manila-Cebu-Manila - August 6 to 20
- 5J 565/566 Manila-Cebu-Manila August 6 to 9,11,13 to 16,18,20
- 5J 569/570 Manila-Cebu-Manila - August 7,10,12,14,17,19
- DG 6043/6044 Manila-Coron-Manila - August 6 to 20
- 5J 883/884 Manila-Cotabato-Manila - August 6,9,11,13,16,18,20
- 5J 887/888 Manila-Cotabato-Manila August 8,10,15,17
- 5J 971/970 Manila-Davao-Manila - August 6,9,11,13,16,18,20
- 5J 977/978 Manila-Davao-Manila - August 6 to 20
- 5J 703/704 Manila-Dipolog-Manila - August 9,16
- DG6317/6318 Manila-Kalibo-Manila - August 8,15
- DG 6191/6192 Manila-Legazpi-Manila - August 10,12,17,19
- DG 6177/6178 Manila-Masbate-Manila - August 10,17
- DG 6117/6118 Manila-Naga-Manila - August 10,17
- 5J 783/784 Manila-Ozamiz-Manila - August 12,19
- 5J 373/374 Manila-Roxas-Manila - August 11,18
- 5J 374 Roxas - Manila - August 8,15
- DG 6031/6032 Manila-San Jose-Manila - August 7,14
- DG 6837/6838 Manila-Siargao-Manila - August 9,11,16,18
- DG 6839/6840 Manila-Siargao-Manila - August 7,12,14,19
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced on Friday, July 30, that Metro Manila will revert to the strictest community quarantine protocol from August 6 to August 20.
