HUNDREDS of overseas Filipinos are flying home for family reunions this Christmas, but there are concerns that airport quotas for arriving passengers might strand many of them.

"Our frontline teams in several countries are receiving a constant stream of requests from OFWs and other Filipinos, begging for a chance to come home and see their families or attend to urgent matters, all the way up to January," said Dexter Lee, Philippine Airlines' (PAL) senior vice president and chief strategy and planning officer.

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