PAL flights to Australia resume

Philippine Airlines resumed regular flight service to Australia on Wednesday following a single cancellation on Tuesday due to volcanic ash that enveloped the skies near Melbourne.

PAL PR 211 (Manila-Sydney-Melbourne) took off at 9:20 a.m. using a PAL Airbus A340 aircraft. Its 140 passengers include those supposed to take Tuesday’s canceled flight for Melbourne and Sydney.

PR209 (Manila-Melbourne-Sydney) was canceled on Tuesday as a precautionary measure to ensure passenger safety after volcanic ash clouds from Chile reached some parts of Australia.

The volcanic cloud traveled across the Pacific from Chile’s Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano, which erupted on June 5.