PH Embassy in Yangon Helps 17 Filipinos from Myanmar Return Home

Philippine Embassy in Yangon personnel provides assistance to Filipino passengers joining the flight. (Yangon PE photo)

YANGON 04 November 2020 – A total of 17 distressed Filipinos in Myanmar returned home to the Philippines through a special relief flight from Yangon to Manila organized by the Philippine Embassy in Yangon, Myanmar in coordination with Myanmar Airways International (MAI).

The relief flight departed from Yangon International Airport for Manila at 10:40 P.M. on 02 November 2020 and arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) the following day at around 4:00 A.M. (Manila Time).

This is the tenth relief flight facilitated by the Philippine Embassy in Yangon to help Filipino nationals return to the Philippines. END

Filipinos patiently wait for their turn at the MAI check-in counters. (Yangon PE photo)

For more information, visit https://www.yangonpe.dfa.gov.ph or https://www.facebook.com/PHinMyanmar.