Ramon Ang doesn’t want just a piece of Manila’s international airport – he wants it all
If San Miguel’s request is granted, then it would put Ang’s conglomerate on equal footing with the operators of the Mactan-Cebu airport for a potential NAIA rehab bid.The government maintains that the limits are there to prevent “undue influence” being exercised by big businesses that could otherwise end up owning multiple airports and airlines.
An airport official told Rappler that the ownership restrictions also preserve competition, given that operators of GCR airports all compete for a common market – passengers flying to and from the metro. The Cebu airport, he said, “has a different market.” Airport authorities also told Rappler that they have yet to reply to San Miguel, but that they expect to resolve the issue of ownership limits within the next few weeks after conferring with the government’s transaction advisor, the Asian Development Bank.
“Their inputs were raised,” the airport official said. “It will be discussed in the next few weeks by the bank. As long as they send official questions, like what San Miguel did,Meanwhile, during the pre-bidding conference, Undersecretary for Aviation and Airports Roberto Lim emphasized that “there are no participants that are disqualified.”
“San Miguel is not disqualified from participating. We are encouraging them to. But we have, I think, to just as a safeguard for competition purposes, put a limit on their ownership,” Lim said.– Rappler.com
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