The Mactan-Cebu International Airport issued an advisory that 41 flights have been canceled
in the wake of Typhoon Tisoy (international name: Kammuri)
Avigael Ratcliffe, corporate communications junior manager of GMR Megawide Cebu, said aircrafts bound to El Nido, Palawan and Caticlan, Aklan were added to the canceled flights as planes bound to these destinations are ‘narrow-bodied’.
Ratcliffe explained that the cancellation of flights going to Manila was due to the shutdown of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) because of Tisoy.
“The airlines released their advisories that they were canceling flights to Manila. Their advisories came prior to the announcement of NAIA posted on its official Facebook page,” Ratcliffe told the Philippine News Agency in Cebuano.
No advisory affecting Cebu-bound international flights was released.
The management of MCIA, she said, has expected an influx of passengers on Wednesday (Dec. 4) as the airlines rescheduled the canceled flights on that day.
“So far, there is no congestion at the domestic terminal because the airlines gave out advisories as early as Sunday. The passengers affected by the cancellation opted not to go to the airport anymore,” she added.
In the 9 a.m. advisory released by the MCIA, the canceled flights of Airswift were T6 332 El Nido-Cebu (8:40 a.m.), T6 336 El Nido-Cebu (1 p.m.), T6 333 Cebu-El Nido (10:50 a.m.), and T6 337 Cebu-El Nido (3:10 p.m.).
The Cebu Pacific flights cancelled were 5J 562 Cebu-Manila (8:50 a.m.), 5J 568 Cebu-Manila (10:05 a.m.), 5J 566 Cebu-Manila (1:30 p.m.), 5J 556 Cebu-Manila (10:35 p.m.), 5J 565 Manila-Cebu (11:15 a.m.), 5J 581 Manila-Cebu (1:25 p.m.), 5J 569 Manila-Cebu (4:20 p.m.), 5J 557 Manila-Cebu (8 p.m.), DG 6204 Cebu-Legazpi (9:15 a.m.), and DG 6205 Legaspi-Cebu (7:25 a.m.).
The Philippine AirAsia flights also cancelled flights for Z2 777 Manila-Cebu (3:35 p.m.), Z2 767 Manila-Cebu (6:05 p.m.), Z2 783 Manila-Cebu (12:55 p.m.), Z2 771 Manila-Cebu (7:30 p.m.), Z2 773 Manila-Cebu (9:40 p.m.), Z2 782 Cebu-Manila (11:00 a.m.), Z2 778 Cebu-Manila (5:30 p.m.), Z2 774 Cebu-Manila (11:40 p.m.), Z2 776 Cebu-Manila (12:45 p.m.), Z2 768 Cebu-Manila (8 p.m.), Z2 550 Cebu-Caticlan (10:50 a.m.), and Z2 551 Caticlan-Cebu (11:35 a.m.).
Cancelled flights of the Philippines Airlines were PR 1842 Cebu-Manila (5:35 a.m.), PR 1846 Cebu-Manila (9 a.m.), PR 1850 Cebu-Manila (10:50 a.m.), PR 1854 Cebu-Manila (2:25 p.m.), PR 1868 Cebu-Manila (5 p.m.), PR 2860 Cebu-Manila (6:15 p.m.), PR 2880 Cebu-Manila (7:10 p.m.), PR 1862 Cebu-Manila (8:40 p.m.), and PR 2864 Cebu-Manila (10:45 p.m.).
The Cebu-bound flights of Philippine Airlines canceled were PR 1853 Manila-Cebu (11:50 a.m.), PR 1867 Manila-Cebu (2:45 p.m.), PR 1861 Manila-Cebu (6:30 p.m.), PR 1869 Manila-Cebu (10:45 p.m.), PR 2859 Manila-Cebu (4:00 p.m.), and PR 2863 Manila-Cebu (8:25 p.m.).
