NAIA: Worst Airport in Asia, 5th in the World

**chua_riwap** · April 12th, 2011 09:55 PM

Sikat ang NAIA..........

Pero yung Charles De Gaulle, kasama sa list? Napunta na ako run, mukhang ok naman.

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/new...s-5th-in-world

NAIA voted worst airport in Asia, ranks 5th in world

MANILA, Philippines – “A bombed out ruin,” “a cattle yard only worse,” and “filthy toilets” were just some words that travelers used to describe the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, voted one of the world's 10 worst airports and the worst in Asia for 2010 by an interactive website.

The website, “the Guide to Sleeping in Airports,” ranked NAIA, particularly Terminal 1, fifth worst in the world preceded by two French airports, including the Paris Charles De Gaulle, and the Los Angeles and Moscow airports.

In the website’s list of worst airports in Asia, NAIA Terminal ranked No. 1, followed by New Delhi, Beijing, Bombay, Islamabad, Hanoi, Chennai, Jakarta, Bangalore and Denpasar.

The ranking was based on reviews of air travelers who complained of, among others, “safety concerns, lack of comfortable seating, rude staff, hostile security, poor facilities, no [or few] services to pass the time, bribery, and general hassles of being in the airport.”

Two lists of the best and the worst airports are updated annually by the website (http://sleepinginairports.net), which travel agent Donna McSherry started in 1996.

NAIA actually moved two places up in the worst airports list. In 2009, it was ranked seventh. Two other Asian airports made it to the worst list in 2010, both from India, in New Delhi and Bombay at sixth and eighth, respectively.

On the other hand, the world's three best airports in 2010, according to the website, were also in Asia: Singapore Changi, Seoul Incheon, and Hong Kong, the same top three the previous year.

Most complaints about NAIA concerned the old Terminal 1, which hosts all international flights except those by Philippine Airlines, which uses Terminal 2, and Cebu Pacific, Air Philippines, and All Nippon Airways, which uses Terminal 3.

A reviewer named Brenty said of NAIA: “It has to be experienced to be believed. Think of a bombed out ruin and you'll get some idea. It's like a cattle yard only worse. Toilets filthy. No seating once you get thru customs [maybe 40 seats for a thousand passengers].”

“Bribery and corruption in this airport is rife and the scams start the minute you walk off the plane,” said another who called himself Mecanix.

The website, however, did acknowledge that “there is hope at this airport if you go to Terminal 3 where it is clean, spacious and has Internet connection.”

Manila International Airport Authority General Manager Jose Angel Honrado said he respected the feedback from travelers, but added that he hoped the general public would see the improvements at NAIA.

“We are aware of the deficiencies. We really appreciate the comments and we're trying to correct these things. But please understand that this will take time,” he said.

He also encouraged critics of NAIA to visit Terminal 1 again and take note of some of the upgrades. He said they should understand that renovating the 30-year-old terminal was not an easy thing.

Honrado noted efforts to renovate the rest rooms at Terminal 1 and plans to put in “a new carpet.” He also said coordination with immigration and customs offices would hopefully eradicate the bribery menace.

In the next few years, he said “definitely” all international flights would be moving to Terminal 3 in spite of legal troubles involving the claim of its builder, the Philippine International Air Terminals Co., which is seeking a compensation claim against the government.

Honrado said the government clearly had the mandate to operate Terminal 3, and he saw no reason to put off plans to develop it until it became fully operational within “one and a half years.” He, however, added that Terminal 1 would still likely be retained for “spillover” flights.

**Monseratto** · April 12th, 2011 10:07 PM

May dating thread na ata... Unless all the international carriers move out of Terminal 1, di maalis tayo sa annual worst airport in the world.

http://tsikot.yehey.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1579033

**andywesteast** · April 13th, 2011 01:55 AM

Tignan mo naman itsura ng NAIA, parang Bus Station. Gulo ng Sign at Madumi ang Counter.

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**roninblade** · April 13th, 2011 02:17 AM

anybody who's been inside won't be surprised about this. parati nalang we are aware of the deficiencies and it is hard to renovate. sus.

**chua_riwap** · April 13th, 2011 05:51 AM

ooooppss! meron na palang thread na ganito, last year pa. pero bago po ang news item na ito about airports.
anyway, sir mods...paki merge na lang po.

BTT
Napansin ko nga rin ito. Daming passport checks sa NAIA 1.
Pero nalulusutan pa rin sila....

Sa ibang international airports, di naman ganyan.

http://208.184.76.173/Article.aspx?a...bCategoryId=66

One life, nine passport checks

Since we launched our Spy Bits column, we have received hundreds of email info from many of our readers. So today we will accommodate some of the relevant items like this one from fellow Manila Rotary member Archit Bartolome, past president of the Management Association of the Philippines and the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines.

Archit who last week flew to Guam told us about his experience on what could have been just a routine trip that turned into an exasperating, unnecessary and tedious process. According to Archit, for security reasons it’s understandable for airport blue guards to ask for people’s passports before they are allowed to enter the premises at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, but it’s simply ridiculous and just too much when you have to do it nine times before boarding your flight.

As Archit recounted, he had to show his passport at the check-in counter for his flight booking, had to do the same again when he paid for the airport tax, then was accosted by a blue uniformed security guard asking for his passport and boarding pass before he was allowed to go to the Immigration Counter – where his passport was again scrutinized and his boarding pass inspected. Just before Archit could load his hand carry, his belt, his shoes and all other objects for the X-ray security check, another blue guard demanded to look at his passport one more time.

At the boarding gate, an airline personnel and a security person demanded for his passport and boarding pass after which they proceeded to inspect his hand carry, after which another set of personnel asked for the same documents again as Archit removed his shoes again for another inspection. Before he could board the plane, he had to show his boarding pass and passport once more before he was finally able to keep them in his bag. Annoying? Many travelers both local and foreign simply think “it’s stupid and insane!” Somebody at the airport ought to put some sense into all of these.