Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas requested the three major airlines in the country to voluntarily suspend their remaining flights to and from countries with confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) acute respiratory disease.

Treñas made the request Friday in a letter addressed to Philippine Airlines Iloilo station branch manager Ricky dela Cruz, Cebu Pacific Air Iloilo station airport performance manager Kirk Warren Patricio, and Air Asia Iloilo ground operations duty manager Carlo Tabaosares.

Santiagudo, E. R. (2020, February 8-9). Mayor seeks flight halt to and from nCov-hit areas. Daily Guardian, 1, 14.