{"id":6549,"date":"2020-05-18T23:55:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T23:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=6549"},"modified":"2026-04-24T05:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:09:12","slug":"melco-flight-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/melco-flight-philippines","title":{"rendered":"Melco Resorts flight takes Philippine workers home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Operator chartered a special flight to take some of its Philippine workers home amid the on-going Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Philippines.- <strong><em>Melco Resorts<\/em><\/strong> has chartered a special flight to take some of its Philippine workers home amid the on-going Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melco Resorts and Entertainment workers had been unable to fly due to strict lockdown laws but were able to make it home via a private flight paid for by the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to TDM News, the flight was primarily chartered for workers with special circumstance, including pregnant women approaching their due date. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, other Philippine nationals were granted seats as well as members of the country&#8217;s consulate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melco operates three casinos in Macau, as well as the City of Dreams Manila in the Philippines. It&#8217;s not yet been confirmed by the company whether the employees will temporarily join Manila&#8217;s Melco venue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The operator <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/melco-casino-losses-2020\">recently announced huge losses<\/a><\/em><\/strong> of around US$364 million due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operator chartered a special flight to take some of its Philippine workers home amid the on-going Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Melco Resorts chartered a private flight to repatriate Philippine workers, including those with special circumstances, who were stranded due to COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. This initiative by the integrated resort operator comes amidst significant financial losses reported by the company due to the pandemic's impact on its global operations.","focusai_entities":"Melco Resorts, Melco Resorts and Entertainment, TDM News, City of Dreams Manila","focusai_location":"Philippines, Macau, Manila","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Melco Repatriation Costs","query":"What was the estimated financial outlay for Melco Resorts to charter this special flight, and how does this expense factor into their Q2\/Q3 operational costs given the reported US$364 million losses?"},{"label":"Workforce Deployment Strategy","query":"How does Melco Resorts plan to manage its global workforce deployment and staffing levels across its Macau and Philippine properties, particularly for repatriated employees, as regional gaming markets gradually reopen?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,161,16333],"tags":[257,18488,128],"class_list":["post-6549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casino-news","category-daily-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-macau","tag-melco-resorts","tag-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6549"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777010413,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6549\/revisions\/777010413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}