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DOTr chief assures job security of MIAA personnel as NAIA modernization starts

Published Mar 9, 2024 08:31 am
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Ninoy Aquino International Airport (File photo)

No personnel of the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) will be displaced once the government turns over the operations and maintenance of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to the private sector for its modernization.

Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime J. Bautista made the assurance on Saturday, March 9, as he revealed that part of their concession agreement with the San Miguel Corporation (SMC) consortium that won the bid for the P170.6-billion NAIA Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Project, the SMC SAP & Co. Consortium, is that MIAA personnel "will keep their jobs."

"Part of the concession agreement is for the concessionaire to offer positions to existing employees of Manila International Airport Authority," Bautista said on Friday, March 8. 

"Be it regular employees, contract of service, or job order. Ibig sabihin, walang mawawalan ng trabaho dito (That means nobody will lose their job)," the transport chief added.

He reiterated that the incoming concessionaire will prioritize the hiring of current employees which means that jobs will first be offered to employees involved in the airport's operations.

"MIAA employees not involved in operations, on the other hand, will remain with the agency," Bautista said.

Last month, the DOTr announced that SMC SAP & Co. Consortium won the bidding rivalry for the NAIA modernization, beating its competitors Manila International Airport Consortium (MIAC) and GMR Airports Consortium.

The SMC SAP & Co. Consortium -- composed of San Miguel Holdings Corp.; RMM Asian Logistics, Inc.; RLW Aviation Development, Inc.; and Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC) -- proposed a revenue share with the government of 82.16 percent which is "more than double than the proposed shares of its competitors," according to Bautista.

As part of the deal, the MIAA will focus on being an airport regulator while the concessionaire will be in charge of operations and maintenance of NAIA.

"The whole exercise is intended to modernize NAIA, bring it in step with global aviation transformation," Bautista explained.

He urged MIAA employees to help the government in restoring NAIA’s reputation as one of the world’s premier gateways.

"We need to reverse NAIA’s world’s worst airport repute. That needs to happen fast. Make sure you have the right morals and values when the transition starts," he said.

The DOTr is eyeing the signing of the concession agreement on March 15, and the turnover of NAIA's operations and maintenance on September 11. The concession period for NAIA's modernization is 15 years, and extendable to another 10 years.

The modernization comes at a time when NAIA is facing numerous challenges, the most recent of which involves the infestation of bedbugs, rats, and cockroaches in its terminals.

It was also hit by at least three major power outages this year which occurred on January 1 (New Year's Day), May 1 (Labor Day), and June 9, affecting thousands of local and international passengers.

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