NAIA named 8th worst airport in Asia for passenger queueing times — study

by Zacarian Sarao Inquirer.net

MANILA — The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) has been named the eighth worst airport in Asia based on passenger queueing time, a study by an international vacation rental company showed.

According to Casago.com, the results of the study was based on passenger reviews collated and analyzed from airlinequality. com, where travelers can rate airport queueing times from one to five stars.

countries also made it to the global top 20, specifically, Cambodia’s Siem Reap International Airport at second place with a rating of 71.43 percent, and Vietnam’s Noi Bai International Airport at 11th with

63.33 percent.

INQUIRER.net has already requested a comment from the Manila International Airport (MIAA) on the rating, but has yet to receive a response as of writing. n railway project.

He also made the same appeal to the DPWH not to award big-ticket projects to Chinese contractors such as the 32-kilometer BataanCavite Interlink Bridge.

He said “friendlier” countries such as Japan and South Korea deserve to be given the contracts for development projects.

“Give them to neighbors who really love us, to friends who really help us,” he said.

In standing up to China, Zubiri explained that the country may follow Vietnam’s template, which has dropped China as its top trading partner. He said the Philippines can execute trade agreements with other countries or enhance existing ones to compensate for any move to drop China as top trading partner.

He said available data indicated the value of Philippine exports to China stands at $15.1 billion or P830.5 billion, comprising 16 percent of the country’s total exports. The value of imports, meanwhile, is at $48.9 billion or P2.7 trillion, or 33.8 percent of the total imports. “This means that the Philippines has a trade imbalance of $33.8 billion in favor of China.” n