In Repatriation Flight
Flag Carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) flew to Algeria and Tunisia yesterday to repatriate stranded Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) from Libya, Tunisia, and Algiers.
The chartered Boeing 777-300ER (RP-C7776) Flight 8160 carried 120 Algerian, Tunisian and Libyan Nationals to Algiers while Flight 8161 carried 230 Filipinos from Algiers and Tunis to Manila.
According to Charge de Affairs in Libya Elmer G. Cato this is the first repatriation flight of OFWs in North Africa due to Covid19 pandemic. The last time DFA flew OFWs out of Tunis was in 2014 when it evacuated Filipinos who fled Libyan civil war.
Meanwhile, a separate charter flight 8660 was flown to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to fly 344 stranded OFWs on Airbus A330-300 yesterday. It will also bring home remains of 282 OFWs, 50 of which died on Covid19 related illnesses according to the Labor Department.
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III disclosed Sunday that decision was made to bring them home as cremation is not allowed in Saudi Arabia.
Billo said they are planning to charter three more A330 flights from Philippine Airlines to bring stranded OFWs and other remains of OFWs home as they cannot be loaded all to the plane.
DOLE said they already appealed to Saudi Authorities to give them more time to bring home the dead.
“We already appealed through the labor attaché to give us more time to bring home the dead, except those who died of COVID-19, they will be transported Sunday” Bello added.
22 June 2020
Flag Carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) flew to Algeria and Tunisia yesterday to repatriate stranded Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) from Libya, Tunisia, and Algiers.
The chartered Boeing 777-300ER (RP-C7776) Flight 8160 carried 120 Algerian, Tunisian and Libyan Nationals to Algiers while Flight 8161 carried 230 Filipinos from Algiers and Tunis to Manila.
PR8130 arrived at Tunis Carthage International Airport early Sunday evening as part of a repatriation mission put together by @PhinLibya and @DFAPHL to bring home 287 Filipinos from Libya, Tunisia, and Algeria. @teddyboylocsin @dododulay pic.twitter.com/mDVgwwKwd8— Elmer G Cato (@elmer_cato) June 22, 2020
According to Charge de Affairs in Libya Elmer G. Cato this is the first repatriation flight of OFWs in North Africa due to Covid19 pandemic. The last time DFA flew OFWs out of Tunis was in 2014 when it evacuated Filipinos who fled Libyan civil war.
Meanwhile, a separate charter flight 8660 was flown to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to fly 344 stranded OFWs on Airbus A330-300 yesterday. It will also bring home remains of 282 OFWs, 50 of which died on Covid19 related illnesses according to the Labor Department.
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III disclosed Sunday that decision was made to bring them home as cremation is not allowed in Saudi Arabia. Billo said they are planning to charter three more A330 flights from Philippine Airlines to bring stranded OFWs and other remains of OFWs home as they cannot be loaded all to the plane.
DOLE said they already appealed to Saudi Authorities to give them more time to bring home the dead.
“We already appealed through the labor attaché to give us more time to bring home the dead, except those who died of COVID-19, they will be transported Sunday” Bello added.
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