MANILA – For the second time in as many days, Philippine Airlines cancelled again its two flights to Bangkok for today due to the ongoing political unrest in the Thai capital.

PAL has also called off its morning flight to Bangkok tomorrow (Nov. 28) and is weighing scrapping the evening service as well, depending on the situation on the ground.

Today’s canceled flights were PR 730, a wide-body Airbus A330-300 service originally scheduled to depart for Bangkok at 10:30 a.m., and PR 732, a narrow-body Airbus A320 flight slated to take off for Bangkok at 7:05 p.m.  Their respective return flights were also canceled.

Tomorrow’s canceled flight was supposed to be a wide-body Airbus A340-300 service that would operate as flight PR 730, with a published departure time of 10:30 a.m.

PAL is closely monitoring developments in Bangkok before deciding whether to operate the evening service (PR 732) tomorrow.

Yesterday (Nov. 26), both PAL flights were canceled as the Thailand Airport Authority shut Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport out of concern for passengers’ safety when anti-government mobs took over the facility.

 The airspace over Bangkok remains closed to air traffic.

Affected PAL passengers are advised to monitor the news media for the latest developments.  They may also contact PAL’s 24-hour flight information telephone number 855-9999 for updates on the status of their flights.