Airport body’s memo hurts OFWs–Binay

Vice President Jejomar Binay has asked the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) to suspend its decision to integrate the terminal fee into air fares as it contravenes the law that provides exemption from payment of travel tax and airport fee for those with jobs abroad.

“I write with utmost urgency to seek the suspension of MIAA Memorandum Circular (MC) 8 directing the integration of the P550.00 International Passenger Service Charge (IPSC) into the airline tickets at the point of sale insofar as it directly affects our overseas Filipino workers (OFWs),” Binay said in a letter to MIAA General Manager Jose Angel Honrado.