The International Air Transport Association (IATA), in its report titled “Immediate and Long-term Priorities for Manila Airports”, has tagged the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) as one of the high-risk airports in the Asia-Pacific region due to unresolved safety concerns as well as poor infrastructure. It pointed out that NAIA was consistently characterised by IATA’s member airlines as one of the top high-risk airports in the Asia-Pacific from 2010 to 2013 due to air traffic management issues including extended holding, vectors and delays, and non-standard air traffic control procedures. The association has been receiving an increasing number of airline safety reports since 2012, highlighting deficiencies in airport signage, markings, lighting and charting, particularly at the intersection of Runway 31/13 and Runway 06/24.
