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<p>MANILA --Local airlines announced more flight cancellations on Tuesday due to the raging crisis in the Middle East. </p><p>Cebu Pacific said it is cancelling some of its flights to Dubai and Riyadh.</p><div><strong>March 4, 2026:</strong></div><ul><li>5J 14/15: Manila – Dubai – Manila</li><li>5J 18/19: Manila – Dubai – Manila</li><li>5J 740: Manila – Riyadh</li></ul><div><strong>March 5, 2026:</strong></div><ul><li>5J 14/15: Manila – Dubai – Manila</li><li>5J 741: Riyadh – Manila</li></ul><p>&quot;The safety and well-being of our passengers, crew, and ground team remain our highest priority. We continue to closely monitor developments and assess flight operations in the region,&quot; it said.</p><p>Cebu Pacific said it is also offering flexible options to its passengers who wish to postpone their flights to and from Dubai between March 1 to 8, and Riyadh between March 1 to 9.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2026/3/2/at-least-45-flights-cancelled-due-to-middle-east-airstrikes-1217">At least 45 flights cancelled due to Middle East airstrikes</a></div><p>The ongoing tensions in the region has prompted several flight cancellations.</p><p>The United States hit hundreds of targets across Iran, and Israel expanded its bombing to Lebanon on Monday as President Donald Trump vowed to avenge the first US deaths in the war he launched to topple Tehran&#x27;s ruling clerics.</p><p>Iranian forces fired missiles and drones across the Middle East, killing people in Israel and the United Arab Emirates, in retaliation for the conflict that began Saturday with the death of Iran&#x27;s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. <strong>—With reports from Agence France-Presse</strong></p>

<p>Local airlines announced more flight cancellations on Tuesday due to the raging crisis in the Middle East.</p>

Local airlines announced more flight cancellations on Tuesday due to the raging crisis in the Middle East.

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LIST: More flights cancelled due to Middle East airstrikes

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Published March 03, 2026 09:51 PM PHT

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