The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has lifted on Tuesday the restrictions it imposed on the Tacloban City airport, which could only take lighter planes because of runway repairs.

Earlier, the operation of low-cost carriers Cebu Pacific Air, PAL Express, Tiger Air and AirAsia were limited to turbo prop planes, which could land safely on shorter runways.

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