Airlines cancel, divert flights due to Mt. Kanlaon eruption

Cebu Pacific and other airlines have canceled or diverted several domestic flights due to the eruption of Mt. Kanlaon in Negros provinces on Monday, December 9.

Cebu Pacific canceled five specific flights: Iloilo-Manila (5J456 and 5J462), Iloilo-Singapore (5J283), Iloilo-Dumaguete (5J4821), and Dumaguete-Iloilo (5J4822). CebGo canceled one flight from Iloilo to Manila (DG 6415) and Philippine Airlines diverted a Manila-Puerto Princesa flight (PR2781).

Flights were also being diverted to Mactan-Cebu International Airport for safety reasons, including a Cebu Pacific flight from Manila to Iloilo (CEB459) and another from Bicol to Iloilo (CEB4811).

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) advised affected passengers to rebook their flights as it continues to monitor the situation at affected airports.

Kanlaon Volcano erupted explosively on Monday, with a plume rising 3,000 meters above the vent and drifting west-southwestward. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) raised the alert level to 3 due to pyroclastic density currents descending from Kanlaon's southeastern slope.