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As per PAL advisory, "Effective June 1, 2021, PAL will be forced, over our protest, to move our flights departing and arriving at Los Angeles to the new Midfield Satellite Concourse (MSC) of the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The MSC gates are in a separate concourse that is connected to the main TBIT area by an underground tunnel." For now, PAL asks travelers and passengers for understanding and patience as this decision affects the passengers on the following: Additional Walk Time to and from Aircraft Gates:  Please allot at least 20 minutes additional time to...

Philippines ban India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Starting May 07 to 14, 2021, travelers from these nations arriving before May 7 are required to undergo an “absolute facility-based” 14-day quarantine, notwithstanding a negative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) result. Filipinos and foreign passengers merely transiting through these countries need not complete a 14-day quarantine in facilities but must comply with the government’s existing testing and quarantine protocols. Specimens of COVID-positive travelers from the said nations must undergo genome sequencing.

Plans of continuous flights to and from Tel Aviv by October 2021 is now on the works by Philippine Airlines to help the mounting need of OFW'S air transportation between Tel Aviv and Philippines.  On May 23rd, Israel will slowly reopen its tourism to tour groups who has been vaccinated and eventually, solo travelers on July 2021.  Dexter Lee, PAL's Chief Strategy and Planning Officer believes that Holy Land is one of the countries Filipinos can visit without visa requirements and this direct flights can greatly help jumpstart both country's tourism.  Using Airbus A350 aircraft, PAL is starting at twice a week flights to Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion International Airport....

Hong Kong and Singapore to launch Air Bubble Travel after Australia and New Zealand

Maldives:  All visitors must fill out a health declaration form and an immigration arrival card. Health screenings are in place on arrival, and anyone showing symptoms will require a PCR test at their cost. All tourists and short term visitors must present a negative PCR test for COVID-19, conducted within 96 hours of departure. Morocco: All visa-exempt foreign travelers with a confirmed hotel reservation or business travelers who have an invitation from a Moroccan company can enter (contact your local Moroccan embassy for more information). Moroccan residents and their families can enter. Travelers must obtain a negative PCR test result...