Lawmakers led by the President’s son, Rep. Paolo Duterte of Davao City on Thursday filed a bill renaming the Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Pilipinas.
Duterte, a deputy speaker, together with Reps. Eric Go Yap of ACT-CIS and Lord Allan Jay Velasco of Marinduque filed House Bill 7031.
“We need a more representative branding for the international gateway of our country, thus our proposal renaming NAIA to the Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Pilipinas. Aside from it bearing our country’s name, it is in our national language,” Duterte said.
It was in 1987 that the original name of the biggest airport in the country, Manila International Airport (MIA), was renamed to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) through Republic Act 6639.