The Manila International Airport Authority announced several domestic flights were grounded due to Tropical Depression “Urduja.”
Urduja has maintained its strength and is now in the vicinity of Romblon. Location of eye/center: At 1:00 PM today, the center of Tropical Depression Urduja was estimated based on all available data at 65 km East Southeast of Romblon, Romblon(12.4°N, 122.8°E). Strength: Maximum sustained winds of 55 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 90 kph Forecast Movement: Forecast to move West at 15 kph.
Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal #1 (30-60kph expected in 36 hrs) Southern part of Occidental Mindoro, southern part of Oriental Mindoro, Romblon, Masbate including Burias and Ticao Islands, and northern part of Palawan including Cuyo, Calamian Group of Islands, Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Iloilo.
Carriers Cebu Pacific, CebGo, Philippine Airlines Express, Air Asia Zest, and SkyJet were prompted to call off 62 of its flights due to the bad weather.
Most of the flights canceled were headed to and from Bicol and the Western Visayas region.
Below appears the list of domestic flights canceled for December 17, Sunday, as of noon:
Cebu Pacific
5J 321/322 Manila-Legazpi-Manila 5J 821/822 Manila-Virac-Manila 5J 901/902 Manila-Caticlan-Manila 5J 905/906 Manila-Caticlan-Manila 5J 891/892 Manila-Caticlan-Manila 5J 375/376 Manila-Roxas-Manila 5J 895/896 Manila-Caticlan-Manila 5J 899/900 Manila-Caticlan-Manila 5J 339/340 Manila-Kalibo-Manila
CebGo
DG 6031/6032 Manila-San Jose-Manila DG 6111/6112 Manila-Naga-Manila DG 6041/6042 Manila-Busuanga-Manila DG 6055/6056 Manila-Busuanga-Manila DG 6113/6114 Manila-Naga-Manila DG 6117/6118 Manila-Naga-Manila DG 6177/6178 Manila-Masbate-Manila DG 6073/6074 Manila-Tablas-Manila
PAL Express
2P 2981/2982 Manila-Tacloban-Manila 2P 2203/2204 Manila-Roxas-Manila 2P 2921/2922 Manila-Legazpi-Manila 2P 2043/2044 Manila-Caticlan-Manila 2P 2041/2042 Manila-Caticlan-Manila 2P 2053/2054 Manila-Caticlan-Manila 2P 2031/2032 Manila-Busuanga-Manila
Air Asia Zest
Z2 715/716 Manila-Kalibo-Manila Z2 711/712 Manila-Kalibo-Manila Z2 709/710 Manila-Kalibo-Manila Z2 219/220 Manila-Caticlan-Manila Z2 221/222 Manila-Caticlan-Manila Z2 223/224 Manila-Caticlan-Manila
Sky Jet
M8 715/716 Manila-Busuanga-Manila
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