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PAL cancels flights after several ground, cabin staff infected with COVID-19

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<p>MANILA - Philippine Airlines said on Tuesday several ground staff and frontline cabin crew tested positive for COVID-19, which resulted to <br/>&quot;force majeure&quot; cancellation of flights.</p><p>On Monday, the flag carrier announced it would cancel several domestic and international flights due to staff shortage. </p><p>Less than 10 percent of its cabin crew frontline roster either tested positive or in precautionary quarantine due to exposure to COVID-19 positive patients, PAL spokesperson Cielo Villaluna told Teleradyo.</p><p>&quot;Tinamaan po ng COVID ang ilang empleyado ng Philippine Airlines including ground and frontliners at ang ilan naman ay nasa precautionary quarantine because of exposure to COVID positive individuals,&quot; Villaluna said. </p><p>(Some employees contracted COVID including ground and frontliners while some are in precautionary quarantine because of exposure to COVID positive individuals)</p><p>&quot;Dahil dito kami po ay humihingi ng pang-unawa sa ating mga mananakay na kailangan i-rebook ang kanilang flights na apektado ng mga force majeure cancellations na ito,&quot; she added.</p><p>(Because of this, we apologize to our passengers who need to rebook their flights since they&#x27;re affected by the force majeure cancellations)</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/10/22/list-pal-cancels-several-flights-amid-staff-shortage">LIST: PAL cancels several domestic, international flights amid staff shortage</a></li></ul><p>Affected passengers can opt to rebook their flight or convert the ticket value to funds that can be used in a later date, the flag carrier said.</p><p>Villaluna said this is an evolving situation. Passengers can check their upcoming flights through PAL&#x27;s social media pages or its official website.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/01/22/philippine-airlines-exits-us-bankruptcy">PAL exits US bankruptcy, after US court OKs reorganization plan</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1890242" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Philippine Airlines said on Tuesday several ground staff and frontline cabin crew tested positive for COVID-19 which resulted to 'force majeure' cancellation of flights.