2015: No more private planes in NAIA

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OFF LIMITS TO PRIVATE PLANES. To decongest the Philippines' main airport NAIA, the government will move operations of private planes to Cavite, says Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya. AFP Photo
The government will no longer allow private planes to operate in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport by 2015 to ease congestion in the Philippines’ main gateway,
Abaya said this will allow commercial airlines to mount additional flights. Private planes and flying schools that are operating in the Manila airport would be transferred to Sangley Point in Cavite. Small aircraft operators, including flying schools and private airlines of the country’s richest, have been using NAIA for decades. They occupy a small portion of the NAIA airport complex, but their flights account for about 17% of total landings and take-offs at the airport runway.

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