NAIA begins implementation of higher parking fees

The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Tuesday began collecting higher parking fees. 

The new hourly rates for the parking are as follows:

4-wheel vehicles: P40 for the first 3 hours, P15 for every succeeding hour

Buses and trucks: P100 for the first 3 hours, P20 for every succeeding hour

Motorcycle: P15 for the first 3 hours, P5 for every succeeding hour

Meanwhile, overnight rates took almost a 400% increase from P300 for all vehicles to P1,200 for cars, P480 for motorcycles, and P2,400 for buses.

In a dzBB interview, Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) spokesperson Atty. Chris Bendijo said that the new rates for the first two hours of parking in the facility was under the regulation of the MIAA board while the rates for beyond three hours were determined by the private concessionaire.

“Alam niyo naman po, kapagka nagpapatakbo tayo ng negosyo [ay] market-driven. Yung mga ganito pong reaction po natin, I think this is also something that they should also take into consideration, perhaps in making a few adjustments moving forward, kasi kung talaga naman pong sobrang taas eh baka wala naman gumamit ng pasilidad,” said Bendijo.

(You know when you are running a business, it is market-driven. These kinds of reactions are also something that they should also take into consideration, perhaps in making a few adjustments moving forward, because if it really is too high then people might not use the facility.)

Beneijo also reiterated that the MIAA could only regulate the first two hours of the parking amid the outcry about the increase in fee on social media

“Again I’d like to make that distinction 'yung first 2 hours that is a regulated rate. Beyond that, that is non-regulated and predetermined by the private concessionaire,” he explaiedn.

—Jiselle Anne Casucian/ VAL, GMA Integrated News