The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) during a House of Representative committee hearing said that the coronavirus outbreak would incur a ₱22.7 billion monthly loss of tourism revenue and the impact of the outbreak could last around five to six months based from past experiences from the SARS and the 2012 MERS-Cov outbreaks. 5,200 flights covering a period of two months which was to be serviced by member airlines of the Air-Carriers Association of the Philippines was cancelled.[58]