For disposal: 27 aircraft gathering dust at NAIA

The private operator of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has removed abandoned cars in parking spaces, and has now shifted to clearing idle aircraft in airside facilities.

- By ELIJAH FELICE ROSALES

New NAIA Infrastructure Corp. (NNIC) has called on the owners of 27 aircraft abandoned in the general aviation area of the gateway to retrieve them as soon as possible.

Otherwise, NNIC said it would enforce applicable rules and regulations to dispose of the units, as it has to recover the lots they are occupying and use them for airport upgrade.

NNIC said some of the aircraft have become idle for years now, but the owners never took the time to remove them from NAIA. The NNIC underscored the urgency of getting rid of these aircraft to maximize every space of the airport for passenger service.