According to a report of radio dzBB on Tuesday, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) plans to raise to P750 per passenger again the NAIA terminal fee less than a month after it rolled back the fee to P550 per passenger on February 1.
At a press conference, DOTC Secretary Mar Roxas, chairman of the MIAA board, said MIAA will resubmit its petition to raise by P200 the current terminal fee of P550 per person.
“If there’s any need to raise the airport’s terminal fee, we can go to any process again,” Honrado said.
In 2007, the MIAA had hiked by P200 the airport terminal fee (from P550 to P750 per passenger) to improve security measures at the NAIA, which it supervises.
The security improvement program allowed the MIAA to acquire equipment such as surveillance cameras and new x-ray machines.
The NAIA, formerly known as Manila International Airport, is located along the border between Pasay and Parañaque. It is the main international gateway for travelers to the Philippines.
It is managed by the MIAA, a branch of the DOTC.
Early last month, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) disclosed that the Aquino administration will spend P1.16 billion on NAIA-1, particularly for “better architectural and engineering design,” a “rapid exit taxiway” and the rehabilitation of the airport’s 72 lavatories.
The announcement came after the “Guide to Sleeping in Airports” dubbed NAIA-1 as “the world’s worst airport.”
“Forget about sleeping in this airport! You will not want to even close your eyes here! Bribery and theft exists,” it said, adding that the airport taxes “does not seem to go towards the betterment of the airport.”
While it noted lacking services like left luggage and pay-in lounges for transit passengers, the website said “the one big plus” of the airport is the free WiFi connection in the “passenger movement areas.”
NAIA-1 was designed for 4.5 million passengers a year, but it now caters to 7.3 million passengers.
Source: GMA News
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