THE Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) is projecting regular passenger flows through the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia), with the long “Undas” break spreading out departures and arrivals.
In a news briefing Thursday, MIAA Officer-in-Charge Bryan Co said, “We are expecting an average of 120,000 to 130,000 passengers or a total of 1.2 million passengers for the 10-day period starting Friday, October 27. We do not expect any significant surge in terms of the number of passengers we’re processing daily, maybe just 8-10 percent at the most, but those are tolerable limits…. It’s like having a weekend compared to a weekday…comparable to the last Holy Week.
Separately, BI spokesperson Dana Sandoval told the BusinessMirror the agency is well prepared for the departures and arrivals during the Undas break. “We have assigned new immigration officers at the airport, as well as prepared augmentation action teams and mobile counters, ready for deployment as needed.”For its part, Cebu Pacific said some 432,000 passengers are flying to domestic destinations from October 26 to November 6, while international passengers are around 163,000.
He said this was “unusual” for this period, but theorizes, “Domestic travelers haven’t booked in advance because they are now more into international travel. They already supported domestic travel last year.” He noted that the high domestic airfare may be one of the hindrances to getting more bookings for the Undas break. As early as two months ago, this reporter found round trip airfare either from Manila or Clark to Caticlan, ranged from P8,000 to P12,000 per person .
“I wish our hotels offer value-for-money rates so they can book more,” said Jante, former president of the Philippine Travel Agencies Association Inc.In nearby Tagaytay, the picture is not so pretty for Taal Vista Hotel, according to Peggy Angeles, executive vice president of the SM Hotels and Conventions Corp. “We are not running choc-a-bloc unlike other long weekends. This is because of the on-and-off news regarding Taal Volcano. Hopefully, there will be a last-minute pickup ,” she said.
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