Dhaka, Dec. 23 -- New NAIA Infra Corp (NNIC) expects passenger traffic at Ninoy Aquino International Airport to rise about 5 percent from last year to 2.55 million during the holiday period from Dec. 20 to Jan. 4.

The airport operator said 171,306 passengers passed through the facility on Dec. 20, marking the highest single-day volume in the history of the Philippines' main aviation hub. Flight activity also hit a record high with 950 movements recorded on that day.

Terminal 3 handled the largest share of the surge, accounting for more than half of total volume with over 90,000 passengers.

NNIC said operations remained stable despite the record numbers, aided by coordinated airside management involving gate allocation, airside control ...