Top layover food accolade
Ninoy Aquino International Airport just earned recognition in a UK list for top layover food — useful intel if you're routing through Manila on long Asia‑Europe or transpacific trips. Good layover food can turn a travel headache into a mini culinary stop. (x.com)
APH’s 2026 Layover Index lists NAIA as the 7th-ranked airport for dining and records 131 restaurants and cafés across its terminals. (philstar.com) The study compared the 50 busiest global hubs and scored airports on dining variety and price; Singapore Changi led the index with 247 food outlets. (ftnnews.com) NAIA also placed sixth in APH’s ranking of most affordable airport lounges, with an average lounge-entry price of about £18.80. (abs-cbn.com) The improvements follow the San Miguel‑led New NAIA Infra Corp. (NNIC) taking over NAIA operations on September 14, 2024. (sanmiguel.com.ph) NNIC has since rolled out two large Terminal 3 dining projects: the All‑Filipino “Tambayan” food hall (roughly 6,200 sq m with 17 homegrown brands) and a Mezzanine Food Hall (about 6,801 sq m with 22 restaurants and cafés). (newnaia.com.ph) Manila Standard reports NAIA served around 52 million passengers after NNIC’s takeover and that the concession has generated about ₱57 billion in remittances to the government to date. (manilastandard.net)
