COVID-19: Philippines-Dubai flights to stay suspended until Aug 31

COVID-19: Philippines-Dubai flights to stay suspended until Aug 31

However, subject to government approvals, special repatriation or, Bayanihan (a Filipino word that represents community) flights, will continue to operate between both countries. “Special repatriation flights or Bayanihan flights are subject to government approvals. The issue is that we need to confirm hotel quarantine for every passenger and since the quarantine for restricted countries are 15 days and non-restricted countries are 10 days, there are virtually no hotels in for quarantine in Manila,” said the PAL spokesperson. The plans were to have Bayanihan flights three times a week, however, flights on August 4 and 7 already stand cancelled due to lack of quarantine facilities. “Our flight from Dubai to Manila on July 29 had to land in Davao instead of the capital city as Davao had quarantine hotel rooms for travellers. Furthermore, Cebu is not accepting international travellers from restricted countries at all,” the spokesperson added. Philippines President Rodrigo Roa Duterte approved the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to extend the travel restrictions currently imposed to ten countries starting August 1 until August 15 a few days ago. These countries include India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Oman, UAE, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. The Philippines’ largest national flag