Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3

Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (also known as NAIA-3) is the newest and largest terminal at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport complex, the airport serving the Manila metropolitan area, Philippines.

NAIA Terminal 3's check in counters

Terminal 3 is built on a 63.5-hectare (157-acre) lot that sits on Villamor Air Base. The terminal building has a total floor area of 182,500 square metres (1,964,000 sq ft) and has a total length of 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi). A four-level shopping mall connects the terminal and parking buildings. The parking building has a capacity of 2,000 cars and the outdoor parking area has a capacity of 1,200 cars. The terminal is capable of servicing 33,000 passengers daily at peak or 6,000 passengers per hour.[1] A 220-meter long footbridge that opened in April 2017, known as Runway Manila, connects the terminal with Newport City. The bridge contains moving walkways and can accommodate about 2,000 persons at any given time.[2]

Its apron area has a size of 147,400 square metres (1,587,000 sq ft). The terminal has 34 jet bridges and 20 contact gates with the ability of servicing 28 planes at a time. The terminal has 70 flight information terminals, 314 display monitors, and 300 kilometres (190 mi) of fiber optic I.T. cabling. It also has 29 restroom blocks. The departure area has five entrances all equipped with X-ray machines with the final security check having 18 X-ray machines. Its baggage claim has 7 large baggage carousels, each with its own flight display monitor.[3]

Terminal 3 has the capacity to handle 13M international passengers annually. It has 24 gates and 140 check-in desks[4].

History

Construction started on it in 1997. Since construction, the terminal has been at the center with legal battles, red tape, and arbitration cases in both the United States and Singapore, as well as technical and safety concerns which delayed its opening several times.[5]

The terminal officially opened to selected domestic flights from July 22, 2008 (initially Cebu Pacific only, then Philippine Airlines' subsidiaries Air Philippines and PAL Express), with Cebu Pacific international flights using it from August 1, 2008.[6] All international operations, except for those from PAL, are intended to operate from Terminal 3 in the future, originally proposed to move in fourth quarter of 2010,[7] however domestic carriers Cebu Pacific and Airphil Express (then Air Philippines and became PAL Express) remained the only tenants for the first two years of its operation. The vast majority of international flights still operate from Terminal 1 except for All Nippon Airways being the first foreign-based carrier to operate out of Terminal 3 started on February 27, 2011.[8]

Operations

Cebu Pacific is the primary user of Terminal 3 and other foreign airlines like All Nippon Airways, Asiana Airlines, Emirates (airline) are one of the foreign airlines operating the terminal.

Airlines and Destinations

Airlines Destinations
All Nippon Airways Tokyo-Haneda, Tokyo-Narita
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong
Cebu Pacific Bacolod, Bandar Seri Begawan, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Beijing–Capital, Busan, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Caticlan, Cebu, Cotabato, Davao, Denpasar/Bali, Dipolog, Dubai–International, Dumaguete, Fukuoka, General Santos, Guam, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Iloilo, Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta, Kalibo, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur–International, Legazpi, Macau, Melbourne,[9] Nagoya–Centrair, Osaka–Kansai, Ozamiz, Pagadian, Puerto Princesa, Roxas, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Siem Reap, Singapore, Sydney, Tacloban, Tagbilaran, Taipei–Taoyuan, Tokyo–Narita, Tuguegarao, Xiamen, Zamboanga
Delta Air Lines Tokyo-Narita
Emirates Dubai
KLM Amsterdam
Singapore Airlines Singapore

References

  1. ↑ "P1.3-B NAIA 1 rehabilitation awarded to D.M. Consunji". Manila Bulletin. December 23, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  2. ↑ Vicoy, Ali (April 18, 2017). "Sign of progress". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Philippines". Airport Technology. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
  4. ↑ "NAIA Terminal 3".
  5. ↑ "NAIA 3 inspected again for Monday opening - report". GMA News and Public Affairs. June 26, 2008. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  6. ↑ "CEB moves partial domestic operation to NAIA Terminal 3 today". Cebu Pacific. July 22, 2008. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  7. ↑ Bright future for rural banks – Business Mirror Accessed May 14, 2009.
  8. ↑ "1st foreign carrier flies out of NAIA 3". ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs. March 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Victoria Lands More Direct Flights To Asia". Minister for Tourism and Major Events. Retrieved 27 February 2018.

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