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Passengers flock to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City on March 27, 2024. An influx of passengers is anticipated as many head to the provinces for the Holy Week weekend. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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Benise Balaoing

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/177242475808220240327-naia-holy-week-rush-MD-12.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Passengers flock to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City on March 27, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — At least 45 flights have been cancelled as tensions continued to heat up in the Middle East. </p><p>Since Feb. 28, 42 international flights have been cancelled:</p><div><br/></div><p>• Cebu Pacific Air - 2<br/>• Philippine Airlines - 10<br/>• Qatar Airways - 6<br/>• Gulf Air - 5<br/>• Etihad Airways - 9<br/>• Emirates - 8<br/>• Kuwait Airways - 2</p><div><br/></div><p>On Monday, March 2, the following flights were also cancelled:</p><div><br/></div><p><strong>Philippine Airlines</strong><br/>PR685 Manila - Doha</p><div><br/></div><p><strong>Etihad Airways</strong><br/>EY440 Abu Dhabi - Manila<br/>EY441 Manila -Abu Dhabi</p><p><strong>Gulf Air</strong><br/>GFA154 Bahrain - Manila<br/>GFA155 Manila -Bahrain</p><div><br/></div><p>The United States hit hundreds of targets across Iran, and Israel expanded its bombing to Lebanon on Monday as President Donald Trump vowed to avenge the first US deaths in the war he launched to topple Tehran&#x27;s ruling clerics.</p><p>Iranian forces fired missiles and drones across the Middle East, killing people in Israel and the United Arab Emirates, in retaliation for the conflict that began Saturday with the death of Iran&#x27;s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.</p><div><strong><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/3/2/list-emergency-hotlines-for-filipinos-in-middle-east-1145" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a></strong><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/3/2/list-emergency-hotlines-for-filipinos-in-middle-east-1145" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/3/2/list-emergency-hotlines-for-filipinos-in-middle-east-1145" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Filipino caregiver in Tel Aviv recalls frantic run to shelter as Middle East conflict reignites</a></div><div><strong>—With reports from Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/3/2/list-emergency-hotlines-for-filipinos-in-middle-east-1145" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a><strong><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/3/2/list-emergency-hotlines-for-filipinos-in-middle-east-1145" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u6__XxOZr88?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>At least 45 flights have been cancelled as tensions continued to heat up in the Middle East.</p>

At least 45 flights have been cancelled as tensions continued to heat up in the Middle East.

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At least 45 flights cancelled due to Middle East airstrikes

Benise Balaoing

Published March 02, 2026 12:17 PM PHT

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