Gov’t has collected ₱78B since NAIA takeover in 2024

NAIA remains fully open as upgrades continue.

The government has collected ₱78 billion from the public-private partnership for the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) since New NAIA Infra Corp. (NNIC) took over the country’s main gateway on Sept. 14, 2024.

The private operator has also spent ₱6.8 billion on the airport’s rehabilitation and modernization.

The ₱78 billion covers payments made under the NAIA concession as of Aug. 15, 2026. The government receives a ₱30-billion upfront payment, ₱2 billion annually and 82.16% of covered gross airport revenues, while NNIC is responsible for operating, maintaining and modernizing the airport.

That investment is already showing up in parts of the passenger experience. Terminal 2 gained eight vehicle lanes, while more than 2,500 baggage trolleys, 11,820 passenger seats and 20 new inter-terminal shuttle buses have been deployed.

The operator has also deployed 517 biometric passenger-processing units and 78 immigration e-gates at Terminals 1 and 3, with the e-gates capable of processing eligible travelers in about 20 seconds.

More work is underway, including a Ground Transportation Center at Terminal 3 and a new North Wing Bus Gate at Terminal 2, scheduled to open in mid-September.

The upgrades are being carried out while NAIA remains fully operational and handles traffic well above its original design capacity of about 35 million passengers a year. In 2025, the airport served a record 52.02 million passengers.

With billions flowing to government and billions more going into the airport, the bigger test will be whether the concession can deliver an NAIA that is faster, more reliable and better equipped for the millions of passengers who pass through it each year.

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