Philippine Airlines Cancels or Reschedules More Than 100 Manila Services November 14 to 18 for the ASEAN Summit

Philippine Airlines said on October 30, 2026, that domestic and international flights to and from Manila between November 14 and 18 “have been cancelled or rescheduled” for the 49th ASEAN Summit. The airline’s advisory cites increased airport movements as delegates arrive for the November 16 to 18 meeting.

Its list, current as of 3 p.m. on October 30, has 109 entries. Five of them are a Riyadh service that was already suspended, which leaves 104 entries covering 172 one-way flights once round trips are split into their two legs.

Passengers need to check their own flight number. The advisory does not say which listed flights are canceled and which have only moved to a new time, and as of November 1 the page still carried the October 30 list.

Which days and routes are on the list

Monday, November 16, the opening day of the summit, is the heaviest. The load falls mostly on domestic flying, with 93 of the 104 entries on routes inside the Philippines.

Date	Domestic entries	International entries	One-way flights
Sat, Nov. 14	13	2	26
Sun, Nov. 15	19	1	31
Mon, Nov. 16	24	3	45
Tue, Nov. 17	22	3	41
Wed, Nov. 18	15	2	29
Total	93	11	172

Davao has the most one-way flights on the list, 26, followed by Cebu with 24. Cagayan de Oro, Iloilo and Bacolod have 14 each, and Butuan has 12.

Zamboanga, General Santos and Legazpi have eight each, and Tacloban has six. Puerto Princesa, Dipolog and Roxas have four each, while Dumaguete and Laoag have two each.

The international entries are all round trips, so each one covers both directions.

Date	Flights	Route from Manila
Nov. 14	PR 209/210	Melbourne
Nov. 14	PR 306/307	Hong Kong
Nov. 15	PR 356/357	Jinjiang
Nov. 16	PR 330/331	Xiamen
Nov. 16	PR 211/212	Sydney
Nov. 16	PR 310/311	Hong Kong
Nov. 17	PR 501/502	Singapore
Nov. 17	PR 356/357	Jinjiang
Nov. 17	PR 300/301	Hong Kong
Nov. 18	PR 211/212	Sydney
Nov. 18	PR 537/538	Denpasar (Bali)

Other totals are circulating. GMA News’ printout of the list repeats PR 2967/2968 on November 15, which matches the one extra entry on that day and on Butuan in ASTIG.ph’s count of 110.

The figure of about 106 from Civil Aeronautics Board executive director Carmelo Arcilla was a projection of possible cancellations, given before the airline published its list. At that point, SunStar reported, he said Cebu Pacific was the only airline to have filed with the board.

What Philippine Airlines passengers can do

Philippine Airlines says affected passengers will be told by email and SMS, and that its Flight Status page shows the latest status. Rebooking, a full refund or conversion to a travel fund are free through Manage My Booking.

Anyone flying that week is also advised to allow extra time to reach the airport, because of possible road closures and heavier security screening, and to check in online. The airline says any further updates will appear on its website and social media accounts.

The refund does not reach the rest of a trip. Arcilla said in the same radio interview that airlines would not be liable for costs such as hotels and tour packages, because the cancellations would not be classed as attributable to the carriers.

Asked about travelers holding non-refundable bookings, he said, in SunStar’s English wording of an interview it notes was at least partly in Tagalog: “I’m not saying it’s right. It’s really painful.”

Cebu Pacific moved first, and AirAsia says it was not advised of any cuts

Cebu Pacific began emailing passengers on October 23, and gave a more specific reason. BusinessMirror quoted the email as saying Terminal 3 at Ninoy Aquino International “has reduced the number of available aircraft parking bays,” and a source put the effect at about 20 percent of the airline’s flights there.

The same report said the airline canceled flights from Manila to 19 domestic and seven international destinations. Philstar named the international routes as Bangkok, Brunei, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur and Sapporo.

Cebu Pacific did not give a total. Spokesperson Carmina Romero told the Philippine News Agency on October 29 that passengers had been notified seven days earlier and “have all been re-accommodated,” and that no more cancellations would follow.

AirAsia Philippines told the agency it had not been advised of any cancellation. BusinessMirror’s October 27 report had also described Philippine Airlines as spared, three days before the airline published its list, so that early line is out of date.

Why a summit cuts into airline schedules

Leaders’ aircraft need somewhere to park. BusinessMirror saw a document on proposed parking at Terminal 3 listing 21 expected aircraft, for leaders from ASEAN and partners including the US, China, Japan and India, and a source at airport operator New NAIA Infrastructure Corp. expected some delegations to bring more than one plane.

Philippine Airlines, which BusinessMirror says operates from Terminal 2, does not mention parking in its advisory. Manila has also been through this before: PortCalls reported that for the 2015 APEC summit the airline was canceling 211 flights over six days, and Cebu Pacific and Cebgo announced 146 more.

This year’s timing adds to the frustration. Malacañang declared November 16 to 18 special non-working days in Metro Manila, and BusinessMirror reported that travelers who booked around the resulting five-day weekend now face canceled flights.

The Riyadh flights are a separate story

PR 654/655 between Manila and Riyadh appears on all five days of the summit list, but we do not count it as a summit cut. The airline’s separate advisory says those flights remain suspended until November 29 because of the security situation at Riyadh’s King Khalid airport, an extension Khaleej Times reported on October 12.