(Noong Holy Week)HIGIT 1M PASAHERO NAITALA SA NAIA

MAHIGIT sa 1 milyong pasahero ang bumiyahe via Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) noong Holy Week, ayon sa Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA).

Inaasahan ng MIAA na mahigit 120,000 pasahero pa ang gagamit sa mga terminal kahapon para matapos ang 10-day period sa halos 1.2 milyong pasahero.

Sinabi ni MIAA Senior Assistant General Manager Bryan Co na ang bilang ay mas mataas kumpara noong nakaraang taon ngunit wala pa sa kaparehong lebel bago pumutok ang COVID-19 pandemic.

“Compared to the pre-pandemic, we processed around close to 1.4 million passengers for the same period in 2019. We’re still about 200,000 passengers short. But compared to last year, this is actually a 50 percent improvement… This is a very good development in terms of opening up of all the borders, in promoting tourism, as well as the renewed confidence of all the passengers to go on air travel once again post COVID-19,” sabi ni Co.

Napuna rin ng MIAA na mas maraming pasahero ang dumating sa Manila kaysa sa mga umalis sa siyudad.

“On April 8 we had around 60,000 arriving passengers compared to just around 55,000 departing passengers. And yesterday, we actually had around 65,500 passengers that arrived at Manila compared to the 53,000 that arrived at Manila. Clearly it has already shifted from departures to arrivals in terms of the volume of passengers going through our different terminals,” sabi pa niya.

Ayon kay Co, ang on-time flights ay may average na 85 percent sa Holy Week peak season.