NAIA turned over today to new operator

The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) will turn over today the operations and maintenance of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport to the winning bidder, SMCled New NAIA Infrastructure Corp.(NNIC).

- By RUDY SANTOS

Some departments or offices will be dissolved or abolished and will affect some organic employees, MIAA general manager Eric Ines said.

"We are bound to help them by relocating them to other offices, or we will endorse them to other government offices because they are all civil service-eligible," Ines said.

He added that 429 out of 1,200 organic employees were accommodated by NNIC after they applied, while the rest wanted to stay with MIAA.

Those who were absorbed by NNIC will receive a separation incentive pay from MIAA, which is required by law through Executive Order 150.

The fire and rescue and the medical departments were also turned over to NNIC while the administration and finance department, airport police, engineering and operation department will stay with MIAA, Ines said.