QuestionsQuestions (LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 414)
It directs the Director of Civil Aviation to collect additional passenger fees and earmark the proceeds for anti-hijacking infrastructure, equipment, supplies, and personnel for NACAH and its components.
The Director of Civil Aviation is directed to collect the additional amounts from every departing passenger.
Ten (₱10.00) pesos per departing passenger for international flights and Three (₱3.00) pesos per departing passenger for domestic flights.
Yes. The LOI states: “In addition to the current airport (terminal) fees,” indicating the new amounts are collected on top of existing airport/terminal charges.
The additional amounts collected must be kept in a separate account by the Civil Aeronautics Administration.
NACAH is authorized to spend the proceeds for providing infrastructures, equipments, supplies and personnel for itself and its components, and for such other purposes to its functions.
The Secretariat, the Aviation Security Command (AVESCOM), and the Press Center.
It expands allowable expenditures beyond the enumerated items (infrastructures, equipment, supplies, personnel) so long as the spending is within NACAH’s functions.
Purchases made pursuant to the LOI are exempt from Presidential Memorandum Circular Nos. 518, 593, and 192 (Series of 1971, 1972, and 1971, respectively).
It expressly provides that purchases made under the LOI shall be exempt from the cited Presidential Memorandum Circulars, thereby removing the applicability of those procurement rules for these purchases.
It regulates the collection of passenger fees (additional charges) connected to airport departure, supported by its directive to collect “additional amounts” from departing passengers and to keep them in a separate account for a specific public security purpose.
It is “Done in the City of Manila” on June 9, 1976, by the President. This matters for identifying the effective date/issuance date for enforcement and compliance.
AVESCOM is one of NACAH’s components that can be supported through the infrastructure, equipment, supplies, and personnel funded by the separate anti-hijacking account.
A separate account helps ensure the additional passenger collections are segregated for anti-hijacking uses, supporting transparency and limiting diversion to unrelated expenditures.
For example: how to determine whether a flight is international or domestic for fee purposes; how to collect the additional amounts from every departing passenger; and how to ensure remittances are placed in the separate NACAH account.