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    NAIA is world's worst airport, says poll

    By Christian Bautista | Yahoo! Southeast Asia Newsroom – Tue, Oct 18, 2011

    Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 has just been voted, again, as among the world's worst airport in a reader poll.

    According to travel website The Guide to Sleeping in Airports, NAIA tops the 2011 list of the world's least favorite when it comes to safety concerns, comfort, and facilities.

    Manila's NAIA Terminal 1 also topped the list for Asia's worst in 2010.

    "Forget about sleeping in this airport! You will not want to even close your eyes here! Bribery and theft exists," the travel site said, alongside contributed photos of the airport.

    "Airport taxes are collected, but the money does not seem to go towards the betterment of the airport," it added.

    The site said poll results are determined by the following: "site visitor votes; reviews submitted to the site over the past year; and information provided by airports regarding their facilities."

    Users cited different concerns such as safety, airport staff attitude, the availability of comfortable seating, the state of the facilities, and poor access for people with long layovers.

    The Guide to Sleeping in Airports also pointed out drawbacks such as the lack of luggage counters and pay-in lounges for transit passengers.

    It also lamented that NAIA prohibits travelers from entering the airport premises three hours before their flight, a claim denied by a staff from the Manila International Airport office.

    The site also mentioned a ceiling collapse incident earlier this year.

    But if NAIA had "plus" points, it would be it's Free Public WiFi, and it's Terminal 3 being “clean” and “spacious,” although reportedly "structurally flawed."

    Other "worst" airports in the list include Paris Beauvais Airport, Keflavik Airport, Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport, Kiev Airport, Frankfurt Hahn Airport, London Luton Airport, Pisa Airport, Paris CDG Airport and the Los Angeles Airport.

    Singapore's Changi Airport meanwhile tops the list of the world's best with its modern amenities and wonderful restaurants. It was also praised for making the airport "fun."

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    1,212 comments

    • NicoR 李珍石
      NicoR 李珍石  •  5 months ago
      10 Million Filipino OFWs.. ask them to donate.. $20/month for Airport Solution
      in 1 year you can have $1 billion - $2 billion

      OR.. Local.. hingi ka ng P1 kada araw sa 90 million na Pilipino
      Araw araw may P90 million pesos ka..

      PROBLEM SOLVED!.. Gamitin kase mga utak. hindi ung nakaw ng nakaw
      Kick back ng kick back

      $3 billion is enough to overhaul NAIA 1's design..

      $10 billion is enough to construct a WORLD CLASS AIRPORT
    • Kotong Lord
      Kotong Lord  •  6 months ago
      washrooms STINKS...will definitely make you wanna puke!!!
    • Ellen E
      Ellen E  •  6 months ago
      okay...pangit nga talaga ang NAIA T1 but can this survey tell us that those who voted have really gone around Asia? Eh yung airport ng Hanoi is mas magulo kesa sa T1 natin ah. Eh di ba Asia un? Mas madami pa ang booking counters sa T1 natin kesa dun sa Hanoi at mas labu-labo ang counter dun that ang mga international flights which are not of local operations are catered for by only ONE COUNTER na ang nakalagay pa INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS. at least dito sa 'tin meron pang electronic display or even a tarpauline or something to distinguish what counter you would need to go....haaay, sana nga objective yung naging survey.
      • NicoR 李珍石
        NicoR 李珍石 5 months ago
        Wrong!.. Hanoi.. Airport?? Noi Bai?? magulo?? talaga??

        Nakarating ka na doon?? malaki pa ang Noi Bai Airport sa T1..

        And the design is like T3..

        Have you seen Ho Chi Minh's Airport or even Da Nang?

        All the Government FACILITIES in Philippines are all
        Losers compared to other ASEAN

        MALL lang ng mga elitista maipagmamalaki sa Pilipinas!
      • NicoR 李珍石
        NicoR 李珍石 5 months ago
        Kailan ka last time nagpunta ng HANOI..??? have you tried
        going there since year 2007??.. its totally different!

        Kung ang last time mo punta ng Vietnam was not beyond year 2005

        FORGET your ARGUMENT

        Vietnam is 2 times richer.. today than 10 years ago

        And Philippines is being trailed by Vietnam now
        than ever!
    • Mr. X
      Mr. X  •  7 months ago
      Raises a good question, saan nga ba (este kanino) napupunta yung Airport taxes?
      • Yosi-Yuko
        Yosi-Yuko 7 months ago
        nakangiti ang mga PU__ sa tuwing nag babayad ako ng travel tax, malamang sa kanila kanila lang yun! ngiting aso ang mga _____!
      • Kyxz
        Kyxz 7 months ago
        san pa, eh di sa bulsa ng mga buwayang un..
      • purple mouse
        purple mouse 7 months ago
        nung araw ng mga Arroyos, yan airport/customs ang baluarte ng mga buwaya, lalo na si lolong x1stGMAat sabi jan daw nakatalaga yung isang BFF-GF niya taga bantay ng collection. Tuwing Tue and Thur ang hatian ng mga nakulimbat nila. makakapal mukha ng mga yan. yun nga lang jansa airport natin LIBRE pa ang cart or baggage cartilla--sa ibang airports may bayad you need to drop coins in the machine to release a baggage cart. pero yung libreng yan up to when we dont know
    • QR
      QR  •  7 months ago
      At ang toilet paper ay ni raration - isa o dalawang piraso bawat bisita?
    • ae92
      ae92  •  7 months ago
      expect your checked in baggages to arrive na may dumi din ang bag mo pagdating mo sa NAIA
    • reuters
      reuters  •  7 months ago
      @Coty wrong, youre the worst of the worst
    • Ellen E
      Ellen E  •  7 months ago
      dapat kasi isara na lang yang terminal 1 na yan e. mas maganda namang di hamak ang terminal 3 pero pinili pa din ng gobyerno na pagtalunan kesa gamitin ng masinsinan
    • makulit
      makulit  •  7 months ago
      its true,mas gusto ko pa s clark sumasakay kt na maliit at luma kesa dyan sa naia hassle tlga ang pagsakay dyan.....
    • hannah2011
      hannah2011  •  7 months ago
      We favor the transfer of airport in Clark and/or Subic but we need to have the shinkansens in place simultaneously.
    • 1khz
      1khz  •  7 months ago
      ayos lang yan, aba! at least no.1 na naman tayo!
    • Muhandis Madani
      Muhandis Madani  •  7 months ago
      great news we are number 1 again... not only in asia yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! --- dami kasi nag nanakas sa goverment eh.... tapos magagalit pag nasisita/////////
    • PHL_Defender
      PHL_Defender  •  7 months ago
      stop this backward development of our country.PNOY since we are your boss, this is one of priority #1 list pangalan nang tatay mo nakataya NAIA.its within Philippines its embarrasing.
    • Rodel
      Rodel  •  7 months ago
      matagal na yang ganyan, simulang gawin, sumisingil na sila ng kung ano ano pero saan napupunta? nagdagdag pa ng fee para daw sa security cameras, hayun nagdagdagan lng ng maraming pagala-gala tao na pampasikip lalo sa airport. lantarang corruption.
    • Jerry
      Jerry  •  7 months ago
      pag pasok mo para immigration sa NAIA 1, ang lahat na OCW or FCW ay pipila sa bandang kaliwa na maiinis at maasar ka dahil sa baha ng pila at iilan lang ang counters na mag asikaso... where as sa mga torista... hhhaaaaayyyyyy ang laki at sobrang luwag nila... mga "BUHAY NA BAYANI" pa naman ang tawag sa lahat na OCW/FCW...
    • nash
      nash  •  7 months ago
      its true, it is really a hell of an airport, "Ninoy Aquino Int'l Airport", Ninoy Aquino... a hero.. on the other side, worst airport. I think, the aquino adminstration has already derived pland for a rigid facelift or renovation of this airport, but for mean time, please work on the other problems especially safety of the passenger and cleanliness of its facility.
    • Joyce
      Joyce  •  7 months ago
      yung NAIA ba yun yung may babaan sa taas? yung pinupuntahan ng mga OFW? kc yung mama ko dun sinusundo. pagsakay namen ng cab sabe bigla samen nung tinulungan kame sumakay at buhatin ang mga dalang gamet ng mama ko, "mam penge naman po diyan kht unti lang kaht bagahe nyo lng" and you know what guys? mula bata ako laging ganto nangyayari :/ wlang pagbabago
    • ladisdiskawayan
      ladisdiskawayan  •  7 months ago
      all true??? baka nga di ka pa nakakatungtong ng airport at di mo alam kun san iyon
    • Sny5ive
      Sny5ive  •  7 months ago
      hey....we finally made it to number one....how about that?....that NAIA shouldn't never been build...its a low class airport if I ever seen one....building is embarrassment to the world...
    • Bong
      Bong  •  7 months ago
      The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) was again voted as the worst airport in the world according to the latest survey poll published in the Travel Website. This is two in a row. I agree to the survey polls result. Though I am a true and a full blooded Filipino and still proud of being one because I knew where Filipinos came from, but ashamed of the kind of airport we have. Where does our airport taxes go? The survey result reflects the kind of airport management we have and the kind of National Government our country has right now. No matter how we criticized past Philippine Presidents and their administration and no matter how we like the present, it is still the results that will tell us which is better. My country man, results won't lie. I hope all of us will be awaken by these truth. Remember, "a wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. Enough is enough. Be wise!!!
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