MANILA - Changi Airport has been tapped to help make over Manila's ageing main international terminal, voted the world's 'worst' airport and one of the 'most hated' in recent international surveys.
'Changi is consistently voted one of the best; this was the principal reason why we approached it, and it agreed to help,' said Department of Transport and Communications Undersecretary Rafael Santos.
Changi Airports International (CAI) confirmed that it is in talks with the department on an advisory role in the upgrade of Ninoy Aquino International Airport's Terminal 1 (Naia-1). 'We will be sending an advance team to Manila to define the scope of the work,' said a CAI spokesman.
BACKGROUND STORY
NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT
Terminal 1 of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (above) was voted the world's worst airport this year by travel website sleepinginairports.com.
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It was voted the fifth 'most-hated' airport by CNN's Go travel and leisurewebsite.
Complaints include long queues at immigration, poor facilities, inadequateand uncomfortable seating.
Earlier this week, President Benigno Aquino approved a S$32.6 million budget for rehabilitating the 30-year-old terminal named after his father.
