You will have heard that the new management of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) is now busy ridding its parking areas of cars belonging to non-passengers. To this end, it recently raised the overnight parking fees by 400% over the previous rates.
Well, the new measure has indeed brought down the number of parked cars at the airport, because actual airline passengers now find the overnight fee so expensive that they can’t afford to leave their cars there for a handful of days. We have strong opinions on this topic, too, but with fewer vehicles parked at NAIA, it appears airport personnel are now uncovering all the abandoned cars parked at the facilities.
Over 20 abandoned vehicles have been found across all NAIA terminals so far—and some of them have been parked there since 2014. Ten years is enough time to develop and launch an all-new model generation. Or to fly out and start anew in another country...
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New NAIA Infrastructure Corp. (NNIC), which now handles the management and maintenance of NAIA, is still on the prowl for other abandoned vehicles gathering dust in the airport’s parking facilities. But it is now giving the owners of these cars a chance to reclaim their rides.
“These abandoned vehicles are taking up space that should be available for passengers,” NNIC said in a statement. “They are also a security and safety concern, especially in their deteriorating states.
“We are waiving any applicable fees to encourage owners to reclaim them.”
The abandoned vehicles will remain at NAIA for a limited period of time. Owners who want to reclaim them must present proof of ownership and valid identification. Past that grace period, unclaimed cars will then be towed and impounded at government facilities.
