NO FLIGHT CANCELLATION TO MANILA, SAYS MALAYSIA AIRLINES

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 (Bernama) -- Malaysia Airlines confirmed that there
are no flight cancellation to Manila, the Philippines, so far due to Typhoon
Conson which lashed the city late Tuesday.

Its director of operations, Captain Mohamed Azharuddin Osman, said to ensure
that customers could get to Manila, the airline had upgraded the aircraft bound
for the Philippines this morning to a B747 with a seating capacity of 359.

"The flight, MH704, departed Kuala Lumpur at 10.33am and arrived in Manila
at 2.21pm. There were 40 customers in the business class and 299 in economy. As
the weather is now clear, flights to the Philippines continue to operate as per
schedule," he said in a statement issued to Bernama Wednesday.

He added that only one flight, flight MH802, which was scheduled to depart
at 1.40pm yesterday, was cancelled due to the typhoon.

The Manila International Airport Authority was reported as saying that 63
flights, including four international, have been cancelled and nine were
diverted to the central Philippine international airport since late Tuesday.

The typhoon, which was the first to hit the country this year, has resulted
in power failure in almost the whole of Manila and it is expected to prolong up
to four days.

Low-cost carrier AirAsia Bhd said in a separate statement that there would
be no cancellation in flights to the city via the Clark International Airport.

AirAsia has daily return flights between Kuala Lumpur and Clark and between
Kota Kinabalu and Clark.

-- BERNAMA