Cebu Pacific cancels flights after Iloilo mishap

Cebu Pacific has announced the cancellation of flights this weekend as the runway at the Iloilo International Airport remains closed on Saturday.

CEBU PACIFIC ADVISORY As of 05:30AM, Oct 14, 2017

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— Cebu Pacific Air (@CebuPacificAir) October 13, 2017

Airport officials still have to clear the Cebu Pacific plane that overshot the runway on Friday evening.

The airline earlier announced that all 180 passengers and six crew members of Flight 5J 461 (Manila-Iloilo) are safe and accounted for and that an investigation into the incident is underway.

The airline company, in its social media accounts, has announced the cancellation of the following flights:

 Oct. 13, 2017

• 5J 467 Manila-Iloilo

Oct. 14, 2017

• 5J 468 Iloilo-Manila
• 5J 449/450 Manila-Iloilo-Manila
• 5J 451/452 Manila-Iloilo-Manila
• 5J 453/454 Manila-Iloilo-Manila
• 5J 721/720 Iloilo-Davao-Iloilo
• 5J 255/256 Iloilo-Singapore-Iloilo
• DG 6408/6409 Cebu-Iloilo-Cebu
• 5J 447/448 Manila-Iloilo-Manila
• 5J 467 Manila-Iloilo
• 5J 457/458 Manila-Iloilo-Manila
• 5J247/248 Iloilo-General Santos-Iloilo
• 5J165 Iloilo-Cebu

Oct. 15, 2017

• 5J451/452 Manila-Iloilo-Manila
• 5J453/454 Manila-Iloilo-Manila
• 5J457/458 Manila-Iloilo-Manila
• 5J468 Iloilo-Manila
• 5J348/347 Davao-Iloilo-Davao
• DG6408/6409 Cebu-Iloilo-Cebu

The affected passengers have been advised to rebook their flights within 30 days from original departure date, re-route to alternative stations such as Roxas, Bacolod, or Kalibo for domestic flights, and Cebu or Manila for flights to and from Singapore.

Additional offers 

In an 10:30 a.m. advisory, the airline said it is offering a second batch of additional flights to accommodate passengers on canceled flights to and from Iloilo.

These include:

• 5J359 Manila-Roxas 5:00 p.m. 6:10 p.m.
• 5J360 Roxas-Manila 6:40 p.m. 7:50 p.m.
• 5J 367 Manila-Roxas 8:00 p.m. 9:10 p.m.
• 5J 368 Roxas-Manila 9:40 p.m. 10:50 p.m.

The five flights announced earlier are:

• DGDG 6360 Roxas-Manila 10:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m.
• 5J357 Manila-Roxas 10:20 a.m. 11:30 a.m.
• 5J358 Roxas-Manila 12:00 nn 1:10 pm
• 5J720 Davao-Roxas 5:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m.
• 5J721 Roxas-Davao 6:40 p.m. 7:50 p.m.

The airline also announced the deployment of additional flights for October 15:

• 5J 357 Manila-Roxas 4:35 p.m. 5:45 p.m.
• 5J 358 Roxas-Manila 6:15 p.m. 7:25 p.m.
• 5J 359 Manila-Roxas 7:15 p.m. 8:25 p.m.
• 5J 360 Roxas-Manila 8:55 p.m. 10:05 p.m.

The airline's clients can also opt for a full refund or travel fund. — reports from Nicole-Anne Lagrimas and Jessica Bartolome/BAP/LBG/ALG, GMA News