Passengers flock to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City on March 27, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File
MANILA — At least 45 flights have been cancelled as tensions continued to heat up in the Middle East.
Since Feb. 28, 42 international flights have been cancelled:
• Cebu Pacific Air - 2
• Philippine Airlines - 10
• Qatar Airways - 6
• Gulf Air - 5
• Etihad Airways - 9
• Emirates - 8
• Kuwait Airways - 2
On Monday, March 2, the following flights were also cancelled:
Philippine Airlines
PR685 Manila - Doha
Etihad Airways
EY440 Abu Dhabi - Manila
EY441 Manila -Abu Dhabi
Gulf Air
GFA154 Bahrain - Manila
GFA155 Manila -Bahrain
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's ruling clerics.
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's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Filipino caregiver in Tel Aviv recalls frantic run to shelter as Middle East conflict reignites
—With reports from Agence France-Presse