Ayon sa New NAIA Infra Corp. (NNIC), private operator of NAIA, may 4.96 million passengers ang dumaan sa nasabing airport nitong Enero, kung saan lumagpas ito sa 4.86 million na record noong December 2025. Ibig sabihin, January ang pinaka-abalang buwan sa kasaysayan ng airport.

“Passenger traffic followed a strong holiday travel period from December 20 to January 4, when NAIA served nearly 2.6 million passengers across all terminals. Travel peaked on January 4, with 180,089 passengers passing through the airport — the highest single-day passenger volume recorded so far,” ani NNIC general manager Lito Alvarez.

Dagdag pa niya: “International travel continued to drive growth, with 2.42 million international passengers recorded in January, up 8.16% from a year earlier and the highest monthly international volume in NAIA’s history. Domestic passenger traffic reached 2.54 million, an increase of 3.16% year-on-year.”

Sa kabila ng mas mataas na passenger volumes sa holiday peak at kabuuan ng buwan, nanatili umanong matatag ang airport operations na suportado ng operational improvements na dinala ng NNIC sa nakalipas na taon.

Kasama na diyan ang terminal upgrades, rollout ng biometric immigration e-gates at biometric passenger processing systems, gayundin ang koordinasyon sa pagitan ng mga airlines, government agencies at airport service providers para i-manage ang mga pila, flights at daloy ng mga pasahero.

“NAIA serves as the Philippines’ primary aviation hub, handling domestic and international operations. Under the public-private partnership, NNIC is responsible for the airport’s operations, maintenance, and modernization, while ownership remains with the government,” ayon naman kay NNIC President Ramon S. Ang.

Inihayag din ni Ang na nitong January 2026, nakapag-remit ang NNIC ng P62.7 billion sa national government mula nang i-takeover nila ang NAIA operations nitong September 2024, alinsunod sa terms ng public-private partnership concession ng airport.

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