JEDDAH: At 4:10 p.m. on Monday, July 18, the Manila International Airport Authority announced closure of the airport’s main runway for unscheduled repairs and decided to divert flights to Clark International Airport about 120 km away from the capital, said director of Saudi Arabian Airlines in the Philippines, Abdurrahman Al-Abdulwahab.
In the wake of the announcement, two Saudi Arabian Airlines flights each one from Jeddah (SV 870) and Riyadh (SV 864) were diverted to Clark International Airport.
The flight from Jeddah landed at 4:35 p.m., and left at 1:24 a.m. to Manila after reopening of the airport and arrived safe at 2:15 a.m. The flight from Riyadh to Manila landed at the Clark airport at 7:35 p.m., and then took off Manila at 2:02 a.m. and arrived at 2:42 a.m.
“Due to the limited operational capacity at the Clark airport and accumulation of flights, out of the different airlines that were diverted from Manila International Airport, most of the airlines were not able to release passengers into the airport’s hall, forcing them to wait until flights were permitted to take off for the Manila airport after completion of maintenance,” said Al-Abdulwahab.
“Saudi Arabian Airlines apologizes to its guests on board its flights as the situation was outside the control of the airline,” he said.
Saudia apologizes for delay of flights at Manila airport
Saudia apologizes for delay of flights at Manila airport
Saudi Arabia reaffirms commitment to the two-state solution
- Waleed Elkhereiji stressed the “importance of mobilizing political and economic support and advancing practical steps that translate commitments into concrete measures and accelerate the realization of the two-state solution”
RIYADH: In Riyadh on Friday, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Waleed Elkhereiji participated on behalf of Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan in the extraordinary meeting of the Open-Ended Executive Committee at the level of foreign ministers of the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to discuss the Israeli occupation of Palestine, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
Elkhereiji reaffirmed the Kingdom’s support for the Global Alliance for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution and its efforts to unify international positions.
He stressed the “importance of mobilizing political and economic support and advancing practical steps that translate commitments into concrete measures and accelerate the realization of the two-state solution,” the SPA stated.
He also restated Saudi Arabia’s commitment to continuing this path with partner countries to achieve “a just and comprehensive peace that fulfills the aspirations of the Palestinian people to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative.”
