AIRLINES have pledged to move some of their flights to the still-unfinished Sangley airport in Cavite province in support of President Rodrigo Duterte’s mandate to decongest the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the Department of Transportation (DoTr) said on Thursday.

In a statement, the Transportation department said the pledge came after Secretary Arthur Tugade met with Manila International Airport Authority General Manager Ed Monreal, Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines Director General Jim Sydiongco, Civil Aeronautics Board Executive Director Carmelo Arcilla, PAL Holdings Director and Treasurer Michael Tan, Cebu Pacific Chief Executive Officer Lance Gokongwei and AirAsia President Dexter Comendador.