Filipinos arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), January 11, 2017. thousands of FIlipino Overseas Contract Workers are set to go back to countries where they work after the Christmas holidays.  Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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<div><br/></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA -- <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">San Miguel Corporation (SMC), which leads a consortium that won a bid to rehabilitate the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), is looking to charge vehicles that linger in the country&#x27;s main gateway.</span></p><div><span id="isPasted">The company confirmed to with the Philippine Stock Exchange on Wednesday the statements quoted by a newspaper from SMC president Ramon Ang on plans to charge</span><span id="isPasted"> curbside fees at the NAIA. </span></div><div><span id="isPasted">The scheme is meant to manage traffic at NAIA, Ang said.</span></div><div><span></span><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">“In other countries, there’s a curbside fee. In short, you are free to drop off your passenger for a while, but if you stay beyond [the allotted time], you will be charged. We are fine-tuning it; we are studying it,” Ang was quoted in the BusinessWorld.</span></div><div><span id="isPasted">Ang also confirmed that their group plans to spend up to P5 billion to build a new off-ramp from the NAIA Expressway to Terminal 3.</span></div><div><span>The San Miguel-led consortium won their bid to rehabilitate NAIA in February.</span></div><div><span><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/2/16/san-miguel-consortium-wins-bid-to-rehabilitate-naia-1153">San Miguel consortium wins bid to rehabilitate NAIA</a></span></div><div><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the winning consortium have formed a joint steering committee as part of the transition before the turnover of NAIA on or before September 14 this year.</span></div><p style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">NAIA was built to handle 35 million passengers annually, but the airport is already reaching 48 million yearly passengers.</p><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/5/15/dotr-san-miguel-form-steering-committee-ahead-of-naia-turnover-1602">DOTr, San Miguel form steering committee ahead of NAIA turnover</a><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/5/15/dotr-san-miguel-form-steering-committee-ahead-of-naia-turnover-1602"></a></div><p style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The consortium must increase passenger capacity to 62 million in 5-6 years. 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<p>San Miguel Corporation, which leads a consortium that won a bid to rehabilitate NAIA, is planning to charge vehicles that linger near the country's main gateway.</p>

San Miguel Corporation, which leads a consortium that won a bid to rehabilitate NAIA, is planning to charge vehicles that linger near the country's main gateway.

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