14/01/2022
Advisory No. 237
FOR DOMESTIC FLIGHTS: NO VACCINATION, NO FLY (new DOTr Order)
Effective January 17, 2022, airlines are only allowed to accept fully vaccinated passengers for carriage on our domestic flights to and from Manila.
This requirement was imposed by the Philippine Department of Transportation (DOTr) and is valid for as long as the Metro Manila area (National Capital Region – NCR) remains under Alert Level 3 or higher. The requirement applies to all domestic travel to and from NCR, including the travel of individuals who reside outside NCR but who work inside NCR.
Travelers are considered fully vaccinated if at least two weeks have elapsed after their second dose of a two-dose COVID vaccine, or two weeks after receiving a single-dose COVID vaccine. You are required to present physical or digital copies of a vaccine card issued by your local government unit (LGU), or a vaccine certification issued by the Department of Health (DOH), or any document prescribed by the IATF (Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease); as well as a valid government-issued identification card (ID) with your picture and address. The full DOTr Order is here: https://bit.ly/3qsm0qN.
However, you may be exempted from this requirement if:
1. You have a medical condition that prevents full COVID-19 vaccination, as evidenced by a duly signed medical certificate with the doctor’s name and contact details; or
2. You are traveling to procure essential goods and services (e.g., medicine, medical devices, medical and dental necessities, food/water, etc.), as evidenced by a duly issued barangay health pass or other appropriate proof to justify such travel.
If you are exempted in line with the above, you will need to present a negative RT-PCR test result taken within the last 48 hours before your entry into the departure terminal, as required under the implementing rules set by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP).
We regret that we will temporarily be unable to accept unvaccinated children for boarding on our domestic flights to and from Manila, unless they fall under one of the above exceptions (e.g., traveling for urgent medical reasons).
We seek your kind understanding, as we are required to comply with government directives for the safety of all travelers and our communities. We reiterate that the new directives apply only on domestic flights to and from Manila; our other domestic flights do not fall under these restrictions.
If the new directive prevents you from traveling, and you purchased your ticket prior to January 17, 2022 and booked for travel on any date from January 17 to January 31, 2022, your ticket is safe and remains valid, and you may avail of the following options:
1. Convert your ticket to Travel Credits equivalent to the unused base fare of your ticket. Voucher validity is one year (1) year from date of issuance.
2. Rebook or Reroute your ticket to another flight with available space within 60 days from the original flight in the same cabin class.
3. Refund ticket without penalties, excluding Ticketing Service Charge.
No show fees will be collected if your confirmed reservation was not cancelled at least four hours before your booked flight departure time.
You may request the above through our MyPAL Request Hub facility at www.bit.ly/MPRHPAL.
For such rebooking requests and transactions, we encourage you to use our MyPAL Request Hub rather than call our PAL customer hotline (which is presently unable to fully accommodate the very high volume of calls and requests). If you purchased your ticket through a travel agent, please deal directly with your agent.
Thank you for your patience and cooperation as we work together with our government authorities to promote and enforce safe air travel.
