Heavy rains continue to disrupt flights in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines—Bad weather continued to disrupt flights in and out of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Saturday as Topical Storm Falcon (Meari) exited the country.

As of 2:30 p.m., one international flight had been cancelled and another was delayed by nearly six hours while at least two domestic flights were cancelled because of continued heavy monsoon rains aggravated by the storm.

An advisory from the Manila International Airport Authority Media Affairs Division said Philippine Airlines flight PR 438 for Nagoya, Japan, at 2:30 p.m. was cancelled because of bad weather.

Cebu Pacific flight 5J 331 from Taipei, scheduled to arrive in Manila at 3:35 a.m., was delayed for almost six hours and landed at 9:37 a.m.

Two domestic PAL flights to and from Puerto Princesa—flights 195 and196— were cancelled due to bad weather.

In another development, Cebu Pacific cancelled its 5J 895 and 898 flights to and from Caticlan on Saturday morning because the airport at the Boracay gateway was temporarily closed as President Benigno Aquino inaugurated a new terminal building there.