REF: ADV20-318 DATED 21 DEC 2020
1. PAL Antigen Testing Facility for GES and BXU Bound Passengers
2. PAL Adds More Flights to/from Cagayan de Oro and Tacloban
3. Domestic Flight Updates: MPH / OZC
1. PAL ANTIGEN TESTING FACILITY FOR GES AND BXU BOUND PASSENGERS
To help ease your travel from Manila to General Santos and Butuan City this holiday season, you can now arrange your Antigen Test at the PAL Antigen Testing Facility starting December 21, 2020!
The testing facility is open daily from 1AM-7AM. Tests can be availed via drive-thru or walk-in service and costs Php 700, with results released within 30 minutes. Please ensure that you get tested no later than 2 hours before your flight departure. After receiving a negative test result, PAL passengers can ride the free PAL shuttle to NAIA T2 in time for their flight.
Note: Alternatively, passengers can choose to undergo an RT-PCR Test as the Local Government Units (LGUs) of General Santos and Butuan accept EITHER a negative Antigen OR RT-PCR test result. RT-PCR tests for General Santos are valid within 72 hours from departure time and 5 days from departure time for Butuan. RT-PCR Test can be availed through the PAL Testing Facility in PAL Learning Center, or through our testing partners at http://bit.ly/PALTestPartnersDom.
2. PAL ADDS MORE FLIGHTS TO/FROM CAGAYAN DE ORO AND TACLOBAN
We are pleased to advise that Philippine Airlines flies three (3) time daily between Manila and Cagayan de Oro, and two (2) times daily between Manila and Tacloban:
| Manila to Cagayan de Oro | PR2519 04:05AM | 3X Daily |
| PR2521 08:50AM | ||
| PR2525 02:20PM | ||
| Cagayan de Oro to Manila | PR2520 06:15AM | 3X Daily |
| PR2522 11:30AM | ||
| PR2526 04:35AM |
| Manila to Tacloban | PR2981 07:ooAM | 2X Daily |
| PR25285 12:40PM | ||
| Tacloban to Manila | PR2982 09:00AM | 2X Daily |
| PR2986 14:40PM |
3. DOMESTIC FLIGHT UPDATES: MPH / OZC
Please be advised of the update in the flight frequencies to/from Manila – Caticlan and Ozamis. Flight details as follows:
| Route | Flight No. | Frequency | Flight Schedule | Remarks | |
| ETD | ETA | ||||
| MNL-MPH | PR2039 | 2x Daily | 0750H | 0850H | December 2020 until further notice |
| PR2041 | 1320H | 1420H | |||
| MPH-MNL | PR2040 | 0940H | 1040H | ||
| PR2042 | 1500H | 1600H | |||
| MNL-OZC | PR2889 | Daily | 0455H | 0630H | |
| OZC-MNL | PR2990 | 0710H | 0845H | ||
Note: Our flight schedules are highly subject to change for reasons beyond our control. We may have to cancel, add or adjust our planned flights, based on provincial entry restrictions as well as COVID testing/quarantine limitations at specific airports.