Philippines halts all overseas flights from May 3 amid lockdown

All commercial flights in and out of the Philippines will be suspended beginning May 3 to help prevent the spread of Covid-19, airport authorities said. Cargo and maintenance flights, as well as those carrying medical supplies and other necessities, will be allowed to continue, the Manila International Airport Authority said on its Facebook account, citing a memo from the government’s Covid-19 task force. Philippine Airlines and Cebu Air have cancelled flights until May 15, while some foreign airlines continued to fly passengers to and from the nation’s capital as of Saturday. <br/>