Improvements being made on NAIA: Palace

The government continues to improve the facilities and services of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), a Malacañang official said.

"Patuloy naman ‘yung pagsasagawa ng mga major physical improvements sa NAIA Terminal 1 at isa ngang mahalagang hakbang na isinulong ng ating pamahalaan ay ang full operationalization ng Terminal 3," Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said.

The website Wall St. Cheat Sheet has listed NAIA as one of the 10 Worst Airports in the World, citing that "travelers complained about the airport’s rundown facilities, impolite staff and officials, and long wait times."

Secretary Coloma said the government has transferred five major international carriers from Terminal 1 to Terminal 3 to ease the congestion at the airport.

"Because to the extent na na-ease natin ‘yung congestion ng mga tao sa Terminal 1 ay nagkakaroon ngayon ng puwang na mas ma-implement ‘yung mga physical improvement programs dito," he added.

Wall St. Cheat Sheet however noted that the Philippine government is “planning to build a new one, which it hopes to have up and running in five years."

The three other worst airports are from the United States: New York’s LaGuardia Airport; Los Angeles International; and the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Arkansas. 

Also included in the list are the Charles De Gaulle in Paris; Italy’s Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport; Zurich International in Switzerland; Chad’s N’Djamena International Airport; Russia’s Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport; and, India’s Calcutta Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport.

Wall St. Cheat Sheet described itself as a provider of “succinct, value-added analyses for busy news consumers in a mobile world."  (PCOO News Release)