Soon to be for domestic flights: NAIA Terminal 2 to undergo changes

Therdy Mendoza

March 27, 2023

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  The Manila International Airport (MIA) announced that there will be changes in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport’s terminal 2 starting this April 2023.

  The announcement was made by MIAA Senior Assistant General Manager Bryan Co on state channel PTV, who also revealed that flights for Philippine Airlines, the country’s flag carrier, would be moved to Terminal 1 by June 16 to ensure that Terminal 2 will now only be for domestic flights.

  Initially, Terminal 2 was supposed to accommodate domestic flights, the changes also will allow them to redeploy Immigration Officers in Terminal 2 to Terminal 1 and 3.

  “This change will help shorten the lines in both terminal,” said Co.

  It is yet to be seen if the changes would help the reputation of NAIA. Just recently immigration officer came under fire after lifestyle blogger/vlogger Cham Tanteras alleged on Tiktok that she was offloaded from her flight to Israel due to “irrelevant” and unnecessary questions from the Bureau of Immigration.

  Even before all the ruckus, the Ninoy Aquino International Airport was considered as one of the most stressful airports in Asia and Oceania. 

  Here are the changes for airline assignments for each terminal 

   

  Airlines	From	To	Date Effective
  Jetstar Asia	Terminal 1	Terminal 3	April 16
  Jetstar Japan	Terminal 1	Terminal 3	April 16
  Scoot	Terminal 1	Terminal 3	April 16
  China Southern	Terminal 1	Terminal 3	April 16
  Starlux	Terminal 1	Terminal 3	April 16
  Philippine Airlines (International)	Terminal 2	Terminal 1	July 1
  AirAsia Philippines (Domestic)	Terminal 4	Terminal 2	July 1

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