More flights cancelled despite full restoration of NAIA air traffic operations

by Aaron Recuenco 

At least 48 more domestic and international flights were cancelled on Monday, Jan. 2, as aviation personnel continue to adjust flight schedules following the technical glitch at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) that affected around 65,000 passengers from nearly 300 flights.

In an advisory released on Monday, the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) said the cancellation of some flights scheduled on Monday is part of the effects of the technical issue at the Air Traffic Management Center of the the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) on Sunday, Jan. 1.

The technical glitch was restored at 7:45 p.m. on Sunday. 

For international flights, cancelled flights of the Cebu Pacific were 5J 845 Manila-Dubai , 5J 760 Jakarta-Manila, 5J 502 Kula Lumpur-Manila, 5J 804 Singapore-Manila.

For the Philippine Air Lines (PAL), cancelled international flights were PR538 – Bali (Denpasar)/MNL, PR101/01 – Honolulu/MNL (originally departing from Honolulu on January 1)
and PR113/01 – Los Angeles/MNL (originally departing from Los Angeles on January 1).

Cancelled domestic flights for PAL were: 

-PR2808– Davao/MNL,

-PR1809/1810 – MNL/Davao/MNL,
-PR1811/1812 – MNL/Davao/MNL
-PR1841/1842 – MNL/Cebu/MNL
-PR1836 – Cebu/MNL
-PR1867/1868 – MNL/Cebu/MNL
-PR1859 – MNL/Cebu
-PR2781/2782 – MNL/Puerto Princesa/MNL
-PR2921 – MNL/Legazpi
-PR2557 – MNL/Dipolog
-PR2035/2036 – MNL/Caticlan/MNL

For Cebu Pacific, cancelled domestic flights were:

5J 885 Manila-Cotabato
5J 504 Manila-Tuguegarao
5J 891 Manila-Caticlan
5J 625 Manila-Puerto Princesa
5J 6055 Caticlan-Manila
5J 447 Manila-Iloilo
5J 381 Manila-Cagayan de Oro
5J 473 Manila-Bacolod
5J 963 Manila-Davao
5J 785 Manila-Butuan
5J 627 Manila-Dumaguete
5J 451/452 Manila-Iloilo-Manila
5J 383/384 Manila-Cagayan de Oro-Manila
5J 561/562 Manila-Cebu-Manila
5J 567/568 Manila-Cebu-Manila
5J 619/620 Manila-Tagbilaran-Manila
5J 373/374 Manila-Roxas-Manila
5J 325/326 Manila-Legazpi-Manila
5J 506/507 Manila-Tuguegarao-Manila
5J 655/656 Manila-Tacloban-Manila
5J 703/704 Manila-Dipolog-Manila
5J 895/896 Manila-Caticlan-Manila
5J 951/952 Manila-Davao-Manila
5J 485/486 Manila-Bacolod-Manila

CEBGO (DG)
DG 6113/6114 Manila-Naga-Manila

On the other hand, the Mactan-Cebu International Airport also announced the cancellation of the following flights: 

5J562 Cebu-Manila
5J608 Cebu-Clark
PR1836 Cebu-Manila
PR1841 Manila-Cebu
PR1842 Cebu-Manila