Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista praised the New NAIA Infrastructure Corp. for making significant improvements at Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
According to Sec. Bautista, the NAIA concessionaire applied changes at the airport in just 90 days—one of which was addressing traffic at the arrival area.
“The improvement implemented by our concessionaire is huge if we compare the experience last December 2023,” Bautista said.
“For example, there will be no more traffic here in the arrival area because of the additional lane. In 90 days, they built the additional lane, so we noticed that there is no traffic and the flow of vehicles is fast,” he added.
The transport chief said passengers were pleased with the overall changes at the airport.
“The experience of our passengers has become more comfortable. All the passengers we talked to were happy. But overall the experience this Christmas was good,” he said.
Bautista also revealed that one of the enhancements at the airport for 2025 is placing the screening machines before immigration counters.
“What we are planning to do next year, instead of immigration first, baggage screening will come first and then immigration. That is one of the enhancements that NNIC and OTS will make to make it more convenient for passengers,” he said.
The country’s main gateway is expecting 150,000 passengers for the holiday season with at least 159,000 passengers recorded during its peak.
