Philippine News Agency
France thanks PH for flying 406 French nationals home
The French government arranged a special Qatar Airways flight to repatriate 406 French tourists stranded in the Philippines due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.
The flight departed from Cebu on March 24 and left Manila for Paris on March 25.
The French Embassy expressed gratitude to various Philippine government agencies, including the DFA, DOT, DOTr, and CAAP, for their assistance.
The embassy also thanked the administrators of Cebu-Mactan International Airport and NAIA for their support in organizing the repatriation flight.
The repatriation efforts were complicated by an initial 72-hour departure window for foreign nationals, which was later recalled.
French nationals were located in tourist destinations like Palawan, Bohol, Siargao, and Cebu.
The embassy is continuing efforts to repatriate other French and European tourists.
Topics in this story
Explore more stories about these topics.
🤖
This story was generated by AI to help you understand the key points. For more detailed coverage, please see the news articles from trusted media outlets below.
News Sources
See how different news organizations are covering this story. Below are the original articles from various Philippine news sources that contributed to this summary.
A total of 370 Filipino crew members from three cruise ships docked in Italy have been repatriated to the Philippines.
+1
Read more →
The Philippine government will cease providing airport transport for stranded foreign nationals starting March 28, 2020.
Read more →
Foreign nationals stranded in the Philippines are now permitted to leave the country without any hindrance, according to the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Read more →
Around 240 foreign passengers stranded at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) were successfully flown to Manila on Thursday through recovery flights.
Read more →