The New NAIA Infrastructure Corp. (NNIC) remitted about P57 billion to the national government in just one year of its privatized operations at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, its president and San Miguel Corp. CEO Ramon Ang said Thursday.
Ang made the statement during an ambush interview while inspecting Naia with Acting Transportation Secretary Giovanni Lopez in preparation for Undas.
NAIA President Ramon Ang (L) and Acting Transportation Secretary Giovanni Lopez inspected NAIA on Oct. 23, 2025 in preparation for Undas.
‘Eighty-two percent of what is collected here goes to the government, not us,’ Ang said in Filipino.
‘Why do we agree to such a small share of the earnings? Because we want to gain experience in running an airport. That’s it,’ he added.
According to Ang, the remitted amount covers the period from NNIC’s takeover at Naia on September 14, 2024, until October 20, 2025.
‘Not even a single chair did we purchase here. And yet we paid such a huge amount do you see that?’ he said.
Lopez echoed Ang’s remark, noting that before the NNIC took over NAIA through a public-private partnership in 2014, the Manila International Airport Authority had remitted only around P32 billion to the government over nearly three decades.
‘The total dividends we gave the government amounted to only about P32 billion in almost 30 years, compared with P57 billion in just one year,’ he said.
‘This is the result of a fair, transparent, and well-studied competitive bidding process conducted by experts,’ he added.