NAIA to cut terminal fee for intl flights Feb. 1

From GMA News..

Starting February 1, the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) will bring down the terminal fee for international flights at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to P550 from the present P750.

A report on BusinessWorld quoted MIAA General Manager Jose Angel Honrado as saying the five-year security development program will end by February.

The MIAA had imposed an added P200 charge in 2007 to improve security measures at the NAIA, which it supervises.

Meanwhile, state-run Philippines News Agency reported the MIAA added the P200 security development charge to the terminal fee - also known as the airport users charge (AUC) - on Feb. 1, 2007.

It said those exempted paying the AUC are OFWs, foreign diplomats, athletes and sports officials, transit passengers, refugees, pilgrims, airline cabin crews and deportees. - VVP, GMA News

It's about freaking time. You have to wonder where those P200 extra per passenger for security development went to in the last 5 years. The only security you see is the additional baggage check and shoe removal on the gate when you're flying to the US or Canada on NAIA 2. I don't see why you need an extra P200 per passenger for that.