Manila, Philippines – Super typhoon Yolanda forced the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines-Operations and Rescue Coordination Centre (CAAP-ORCC) to shut down the operation of 12 airports on Friday.
A total of 445 domestic flights and 8 international flights, meanwhile, were cancelled by the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) due to heavy rains and strong winds.
These flights include all Philippine Airlines (PAL) and PALex flights to and from Tacloban, Calbayog, Catarman, Cebu, Tagbilaran, Dumaguete, Bacolod, Iloilo, Roxas, Kalibo, Caticlan, Masbate, Legaspi, Naga, Puerto Princesa, Busuanga, Butuan, Surigao, Cagayan De Oro, Ozamiz, Dipolog, Davao, General Santos, Zamboanga, Sanga-Sanga and Jolo.
PAL and PALex flights to and from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Singapore and Japan were also cancelled.
Cebu Pacific cancelled its flights to and from the following airports: Cebu, Bacolod, Manila, Iloilo, Cagayan De Oro, Clark to Cebu, Dumaguete, Dipolog, Davao, General Santos, Siargao, Kalibo, Aklan, Legazpi, Caticlan, Ozamiz, Pagadian, Puerto Princesa, Roxas, Surigao, Tacloban, Tagbilaran, Virac, Naga, Zamboanga, Busuanga, and San Jose.
Also cancelled were international flights for the following destinations: Cebu-Hong Kong; Cebu-Incheon-Cebu; Cebu-Singapore-Cebu and Iloilo-Singapore-Cebu.
