The Metro Ilocos Norte Council (MINC), in cooperation with Laoag International Airport (LIA) and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), has maneuvered its first regional flight from Kuala Lumpur on June 12, 2021, bringing over 150 Filipinos home. Passengers on board were 128 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), 18 non-OFWs, and five (5) infants.
The repatriates, who are mostly from neighboring provinces, will be quarantined for ten (10) days in accredited facilities. They will have a swab test on the seventh (7th) day of their confinement and will be released from quarantine on the tenth (10th) day if the results are negative.
After completing the quarantine protocols, the repatriates from outside Ilocos Norte may aboard sweeper flights of Philippine Airlines (PAL) back to Metro Manila or avail of OWWA’s free transportation to designated drop-off points.
The regional flight from Kuala Lumpur is the only one that has been approved by the Provincial Government for the time being, according to Atty. Nikki Pilar, MINC Administrative Officer V, said.
Moreover, LIA will accommodate more PAL international flights in the future, following the success of the maiden regional flight from Kuala Lumpur.
In support of this initiative, the Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte has requested the Department of Transportation to aid in upgrading LIA’s facilities so that flights from farther away take-off points, such as the State of Hawaii, and larger airbuses can be accommodated
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The Metro Ilocos Norte Council (MINC), in cooperation with Laoag International Airport (LIA) and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), has maneuvered its first regional flight from Kuala Lumpur on June 12, 2021, bringing over 150 Filipinos home. Passengers on board were 128 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), 18 non-OFWs, and five (5) infants.
The repatriates, who are mostly from neighboring provinces, will be quarantined for ten (10) days in accredited facilities. They will have a swab test on the seventh (7th) day of their confinement and will be released from quarantine on the tenth (10th) day if the results are negative.
After completing the quarantine protocols, the repatriates from outside Ilocos Norte may aboard sweeper flights of Philippine Airlines (PAL) back to Metro Manila or avail of OWWA’s free transportation to designated drop-off points.
The regional flight from Kuala Lumpur is the only one that has been approved by the Provincial Government for the time being, according to Atty. Nikki Pilar, MINC Administrative Officer V, said.
Moreover, LIA will accommodate more PAL international flights in the future, following the success of the maiden regional flight from Kuala Lumpur.
In support of this initiative, the Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte has requested the Department of Transportation to aid in upgrading LIA’s facilities so that flights from farther away take-off points, such as the State of Hawaii, and larger airbuses can be accommodated
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