PAL flights during MECQ

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Here is the updated flight schedule of Philippines Airlines during MECQ
The flag carrier is the only PH airline currently serving four continents.

Philippine Airlines is still operating international flights to serve urgent travel needs of those who need to fly in and out of the country during the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) over Metro Manila.

As the only airline that links the Philippines to four continents, PAL currently operates 40 flights weekly from Manila, preserving the only remaining nonstop routes between the Philippines and the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Indonesia and Vietnam. 

For North America, the flag carrier maintains flights to Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Honolulu, Vancouver and Toronto, as well as to Guam. PAL’s Japan network serves Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Tokyo via both Narita and Haneda airports, and includes a bi-weekly service from Cebu to Tokyo Narita.

PAL offers regular flights to the Middle East (Dubai, Riyadh, Doha and Dammam) as well as to London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur.  Sydney and Bangkok are served occasionally, although limited under ongoing travel restrictions or quarantine facility limitations (e.g., in Australian airports).

Under MECQ, domestic flights to and from Manila are suspended until August 18. International flights are allowed on a limited basis, subject to strict government guidelines in line with the testing and quarantine capacity at the gateway airport.  

The flag carrier has set up a One-Stop-Shop center at NAIA Terminal 2 that augments the national government’s existing facilities to conduct mandatory RT PCR swab testing for arriving passengers.

PAL remains active in mounting all-cargo flights to transport essential goods to and from different parts of the globe during the pandemic.  The airline’s specially arranged repatriation flights continue to bring home stranded OFWs and other Overseas Filipinos from all over the world, including a recent services from Dhaka, Bangladesh that repatriated a total of 160 people, mainly Overseas Filipinos, seafarers and Bangladeshis, on the inbound and outbound legs.

List of PAL International Flights in August 2020:

(As of August 6)

Manila- Los Angeles- Manila

Manila- San Francisco- Manila 

Manila- New York- Manila 

Manila- Honolulu- Manila 

Manila- Toronto- Manila

Manila- Vancouver- Manila

Manila- Guam- Manila

Manila- London (Heathrow)- Manila

Manila- Singapore- Manila

Manila- Kuala Lumpur- Manila

Manila- Jakarta- Manila

Manila- Bangkok- Manila

Manila- Tokyo (Haneda)- Manila

Manila- Tokyo (Narita)- Manila

Cebu- Tokyo (Narita)- Cebu

Manila- Fukuoka- Manila

Manila- Osaka (Kansai)- Manila

Manila- Nagoya- Manila

Manila- Hong Kong- Manila

Manila- Taipei- Manila

Manila- Dubai- Manila

Manila- Dammam- Manila

Manila- Riyadh- Manila

Manila - Doha- Manila

Manila- Port Moresby- Manila

Manila- Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)- Manila

Manila- Seoul (Incheon)- Manila

 

For a complete list of operating flights, updates are available on the PAL website.

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Just to add

07 August 2020 
PRESS RELEASE
No Additional International Travel Restrictions Under MECQ - BI
MANILA, Philippines - The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said the government has not imposed additional restrictions or revised its guidelines on international travel despite the re-imposition  of Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) in Metro Manila and other areas of the country.
“Existing travel restrictions remain unchanged until these are revised or changed by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID),” BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said in a statement. “Unlike domestic flights which are suspended under MECQ, international flights at our airports in Manila, Cebu and Clark continue.” 
Morente advised the public to always keep themselves updated on international travel guidelines implemented by the BI by accessing the Bureau’s website at www.immigration.gov.ph and other social media accounts such as www.facebook.com/immigration.helpline.ph and www.facebook.com/officialbureauofimmigration.
He said postings on the Bureau's official website and social media accounts are regularly updated to enlighten the public on existing travel guidelines in conformity with the latest issuances of the IATF-EID.
The BI Chief said he was prompted to issue the statement after the Bureau’s offices were again swamped with numerous calls and queries from the public after the government announced that Metro Manila was reverting to MECQ. 
According to BI Port Operations Division Acting Chief Grifton Medina, the country remains off limits to foreign tourists. Furthermore, aside from Filipinos, only holders of permanent immigrant visas and foreign spouses, minor dependents and foreign parents of Filipino minor children. 
“However, dependents of Filipinos and children of foreigners who have special needs may enter the country, regardless of age,” Medina said. He also reiterated that only foreigners, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), and Filipinos who are permanent residents or students abroad are permitted to leave the country. 
Medina also reported that despite the government’s decision to allow the entry of aliens with permanent resident or immigrant visa, only 87 of them have so far arrived since August 1-5, 2020.
The figure represents a 94-percent drop from 1,412 permanent residents who arrived in the country during the same five-day period in 2019. 
Earlier, the BI said its records indicate that there are still about 15,000 foreigners who are permanent residents who were stranded abroad due to the COVID-19 pandemic.