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Outbound travelers queue at the NAIA 3 check-in and immigration counters at the on December 22, 2023 as holiday travelers head to various ports in the run-up to Christmas. Transportation officials estimate that around 140 thousand passengers are expected to travel to local and international destinations during the holidays. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN news

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Andrea Taguines

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<p>MANILA — The demolition of the defunct Philippine Village Hotel in Pasay is scheduled to start right after Holy Week to pave the way for the construction of a new airport passenger terminal, the New NAIA Infra Corp. (NNIC) said. </p><p>“Nakuha na natin ang permits from the government agencies at ine-expect namin, in 5 months time, matatapos ang demolition noon,” said NNIC General Manager Lito Alvarez in a press conference on Thursday.</p><p>“Gagawa tayo ng panibagong terminal, yan ang Terminal 5 so siguro in two to three years time that will be finished,” he added.</p><p>Decongesting the Philippines’ main gateway has been part of the San Miguel-led private concessionaire’s goal since it took over the airport’s operations and management under a P122.3-billion agreeement with the government.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/10/1/naia-raises-parking-fees-to-prioritize-passengers-1556" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NAIA raises parking fees to &#x27;prioritize&#x27; passengers</a></div><p>“Imagine, 34 million passengers lang ang current capacity. Ang nilo-look forward to natin ngayong 2025 ay 54 million passengers so kailangan talaga natin ng additional facilities,” said Alvarez.</p><p>Meanwhile, the exisiting Terminal 4 will be demolished as well for safety reasons.</p><p>“Yung lumang Terminal 4 ay hindi na natin itutuloy dahil nakita natin na yan ay isang malaking hazard, obstacle yan. Nabalitaan niyo yung nangyari sa Jeju Air na maraming namatay? Ayaw natin mangyari sa ating bansa yun,” Alvarez said.</p><p>More than a hundred passengers died in December last year when a Jeju Air flight lost power in its engines due to a birdstrike and crash-landed into a wall at the runway of South Korea’s Muan International Airport.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2024/12/29/what-we-know-about-jeju-air-plane-crash-in-south-korea-1635">What we know about Jeju Air plane crash in South Korea</a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/1/2/south-korea-police-raid-muan-airport-over-jeju-air-crash-that-killed-179-1052">South Korea police raid Jeju Air, airport over fatal crash</a></div><p>According to Alvarez, Terminal 4 will instead be relocated to the International Cargo Terminal.</p><p>“So in the next three months asahan niyo, sa pakikipagtutulungan ng government agencies at tsaka cargo operators, maililipat namin sila sa ibang temporary facility at maicoconvert na natin yun na panibagong terminal,” Alvarez said.</p><p>In the near-term, NNIC said it was also procuring new equipment to improve overall passenger experience.</p><p>“Yung ating tinatawag na passenger processing system, self-bag drops, self check-in, yung biometrics, yung mga nakikita niyo na ginagawa sa Hong Kong, sa Singapore, Japan, all the modern airports in the world— by September of this year meron na rin tayo nyan… Pinirmahan na ni boss Ramon Ang ang kontrata with Collins Aerospace,” Alvarez said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/1/21/some-turboprop-flights-to-move-to-clark-by-march-miaa-1242" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Some turboprop flights to move to Clark by March: MIAA</a></div><p>During the same event, Department of Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon lauded  NNIC for the work it has done so far and will do next. </p><p>He also expressed support for the airport operator amid a pending petition before the Supreme Court questioning the legality of the public private partnership agreement awarded last year.</p><p>“This was a properly bidded out concession agreement advised no less than by the Asian Development Bank so the government stands by the agreement and the process by which the agreement was signed,” said Dizon.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/1/10/naia-terminal-1-main-arrival-curbside-now-open-to-all-1233" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NAIA Terminal 1 main arrival curbside now open to all</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS: </strong></div><div><iframe width="853" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DVCcy3ejY4o" title="Infrawatch PH: Improvements in customer experience at NAIA expected after NNIC takeover | ANC" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><iframe width="853" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fPn3QiBJQSU" title="What happened inside PAL flight that got diverted due to smoke in cabin | ABS-CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p>The demolition of the defunct Philippine Village Hotel in Pasay is scheduled to start right after Holy Week to pave the way for the construction of a new airport passenger terminal, the New NAIA Infra Corp. (NNIC) said.</p>

The demolition of the defunct Philippine Village Hotel in Pasay is scheduled to start right after Holy Week to pave the way for the construction of a new airport passenger terminal, the New NAIA Infra Corp. (NNIC) said.

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NAIA operator to start building Terminal 5; PH Village hotel set for demolition soon

Andrea Taguines,

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Published April 11, 2025 11:01 AM PHT

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