NAIA, BI ready for Holy Week travel surge

Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has ramped up precautionary measures to maintain safety and security during busy Holy Week, with more than one million passengers expected to flock to the country's main gateway.

- By DEXTER BARRO II • JEFFREY DAMICOG

NAIA is expected to welcome over 1.18 million passengers within the period beginning Palm Sunday on April 13 to Easter Sunday on the 20th. This is a 14-percent increase from last year's 1.04 million passengers.

Flight movements are also anticipated to rise from 6,537 flights last year to 6,724 this year.

New NAIA Infra Corp. (NNIC), the private operator of NAIA, is expecting Good Friday (April 18) to be the busiest day with 851 flights, while Tuesday (April 15) will see the lightest traffic with 818 flights. These figures are higher than any single day during Holy Week last year.