• LIVING OFF PINOY HOSPITALITY The stranded British national Gary Peter Austin at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE
    Stranded Gary Peter Austin Heads Home After 22 Days at NAIA; Kind Filipinos Fed Him

    A man’s predicament that seems straight out of the Tom Hanks movie “The Terminal” finally had a happy ending at Ninoy Aquino International Airport. A 52-year-old British tourist who had been stranded for nearly a month at...

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    Manila Airport Terminal Fee to Go Back Up to P750

    After enjoying a lower terminal fee for almost a month, passengers will have to pay the higher terminal fee of P750 again soon. According to the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC), Manila International Airport Authority will...

  • Travel Guide Ranks NAIA-1 2nd Worst Terminal Worldwide

    The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 has once again been ranked as one of the worst airport terminals in the world. In a USA Today article, Frommers.com editor Jason Clampet described NAIA as “very dated...

  • NAIA Terminal Fee Cut from P750 to P550

    Good news for departing international passengers: The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) will rollback the P750 airport terminal fee to its original rate of P550 starting February 1. “The MIAA started imposing the additional P200 to the...

  • At NAIA, PNoy Welcomes OFWs, Hands Out Prizes

    President Benigno Aquino III personally welcomed returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to the country and awarded prizes to three lucky migrant workers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal I past 4 p.m. on Thursday. The traditional...

  • Pinoy Designers Budji Layug, Royal Pineda, Kenneth Cobonpue Push for ‘Free’ NAIA-1 Makeover

    Three Filipino designers on Wednesday unveiled on Facebook their “pro-bono proposal” to rehabilitate and renovate the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1. Budji Layug, Royal Pineda and Kenneth Cobonpue, all world-renowned in their respective fields of...

  • Rep. Angara Wants NAIA Makeover From 1.7B Travel Tax Collections

    A lawmaker has urged the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) to do an emergency makeover of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) complex after finding out that the airport generated P1.17 billion net profit in travel tax...

  • Ninoy Aquino Airport 1 Worst in the World: Poll

    Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 has just been voted, again, as among the world’s worst airport in a reader poll. According to travel website The Guide to Sleeping in Airports, NAIA tops the 2011...

  • NAIA Worker Nabbed For Human Trafficking

    Members of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Task Force Against Trafficking on Thursday detained an airport employee who was reportedly caught assisting 2 suspected “tourist workers” bound for Bangkok, Thailand. Melody Arispe, a staff of the...

  • BI Tightens Departure Screening of Pinoy “Tourists”

    Immigration officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have been ordered to tightly screen Filipino tourists bound for abroad especially Bahrain following reports that many of them end up becoming undocumented contract workers in the Middle...