Pal Suspends Manila To Kuwait, Kuwait To Manila Flights Due To Slowdown In Ofw Travel

The Philippine Airlines (PAL) announced on Saturday that it will temporarily suspend its PR 668 Manila to Kuwait and PR 669 Kuwait to Manila flights due to the ongoing slowdown in Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) travel to Kuwait that made regular operations economically unsustainable.

The flag carrier made the statement on Saturday, and that the temporary suspension will be effective on May 16. According to PAL, they have repatriated free of charge nearly 900 distressed Filipino workers earlier this year from Kuwait to Manila.

This was done in response to the call of the President and the Philippine Government to assist our overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Kuwait.

“PAL had maintained flights to Kuwait despite difficult market conditions as a service to our countrymen working in this Middle Eastern country.” PAL said in a statement.

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The local airline added that the ongoing slowdown in OFW travel to Kuwait has made regular operations economically unsustainable, hence the need to suspend the flights until such time that market conditions on the route improve.

“PAL will continue to serve Kuwait through our flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dammam, as the airline with the largest network of routes between the Philippines and the Middle East,” The statement further read.

Passengers with flights on May 16 and beyond may avail of any of the following options:

Rebook their flights to travel on or before 16 May.

Reroute their PAL Manila-Kuwait journey to fly on PAL to Abu Dhabi or Dubai or Doha, and then on other Airlines (OAL) for the connecting flight to Kuwait.

Reroute their PAL Kuwait-Manila journey to fly on other Airlines (OAL) to Abu Dhabi or Dubai or Doha, and then take the PAL flight home to Manila.

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Refund their unused tickets.

The airline assures all affected passengers with confirmed tickets that any refund/reroute/rebook charges will be waived accordingly.

They added that they will shoulder the cost of flights on Other Airlines (OAL) for passengers who avail of option 2.

Passengers in Kuwait may call PAL toll-free number 1-800 – 855 – 8888 and from the Philippines, hotline number (02) 855 – 8888 or visit the nearest PAL ticketing office or partner travel-agent.

SOURCE : MANILABULLETIN

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