By KAREN SAN MIGUEL
Cebu Pacific announced this week several of their Hong Kong flights have been canceled after the city sealed its borders to travelers from the Philippines and seven other countries that are seeing new wave of infections.
But travel bans are not the only problem of airlines now. Cebu Pacific decided to cancel several local flights due to manpower shortage as employees get sick.
The Gokongwei-led carrier has canceled 24 domestic flights from January 9 to 15 0, including those going in and out of Cebu, Puerto Princesa, Boracay, Tacloban, and Cagayan De Oro.
The company said it is “reviewing its network schedule and closely monitoring manpower levels with employees currently in quarantine.”
“We cannot provide an exact number of employees in quarantine given patient privacy and confidentiality. However, we assure you that CEB has been agile in assisting its workforce while it exhausts all efforts to ensure employees’ welfare are prioritized,” the airline said in a statement.
Cebu Pacific said 100% of their active flight crew is fully vaccinated, undergoing regular antigen tests before getting assigned to operate flights. The airline announced it started its vaccine booster program.
· 5J 477/478 Manila – Bacolod – Manila (January 9 to 15)
· 5J 487/488 Manila – Bacolod – Manila (January 11 and 13)
· 5J 124/125 Cebu – Bacolod – Cebu (January 15)
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