San Miguel Corp hopes to change NAIA image as worst airport

San Miguel Corporation. (SMC), which   has taken over the responsibility of  managing  the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA)  since September, is hoping to change the image as  the “worst airport:  in the world.

SMC is tasked to undertake the P170.6-billion rehabilitation of the NAIA to scale up its passenger capacity to 62 million per annum and flight movement to 48 an hour.

The SMC plan came after  a study by an  Australian firm. claimed that  NAIA  remains as  the worst airport in the worldafter  ranking last among the busiest gateways globally.

In an analysis conducted by price monitor Compare the Market, NAIA scored a dismal 0.24 on a scale of zero to 10, with 10 being the highest, making it the worst airport in the world.

The NAIA received an average of 3.8 out of five based on user ratings from Google and scored some of the poorest points in other categories.

On a scale of one to 10, the NAIA was given a 6.6 for efficiency, 6.6 for accessibility, 6.1 for service, and 6.8 for cleanliness.

In Southeast Asia, the NAIA trailed behind its counterparts Singapore’s Changi Airport (second) and Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport (11th).

The main airports in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam also placed higher than the NAIA at 19th, 39th, and 53rd, respectively.

Globally, the Hongkong International Airport stood on top of the rankings with a score of 9.44 besting Changi Airport, known as one of the finest in the world.

Haneda Airport, Incheon International Airport, and Hamad International Airport rounded up the leaderboards for the best gateways across the globe.

NAIA is also ranked by Compare the Market as the 50th busiest airport in the world in a measure of passenger footprint, flights per day, and number of destinations.

Compare the Market, for the highest-rated airports, considering the average rating that users gave an airport on Google.  It also examined the quality of passenger services in an airport and how it was viewed by Skytrax based on its star ratings.

The NAIA has a reputation of landing as the worst airport in the world, as it is troubled with issues of flight delays, internet speed, safety, and sanitation, among others.

BusinessFinancing.co.uk listed the airport as the fourth worst in Asia and the Middle East for business travelers.