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NAIA has two operational international terminals, with a third one scheduled for completion by 2006, and a separate domestic terminal.
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The first terminal, NAIA-1, is the original terminal and was constructed in [[1981]]. The 67,000 square meter terminal was designed by Filipino architect [[Leandro V. Locsin]] and has a design capacity of 4.5 million passengers per year. It currently serves all non-Philippine Airlines international flights. The terminal reached capacity in [[1991]] and has been over capacity ever since.
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The second terminal, NAIA-2, was finished in [[1998]] and is named the ''Centennial Terminal'' since 1998 was the centennial year of the declaration of Philippine independence. The 75,000 square meter terminal was originally designed by [[Aéroports de Paris]] to be a domestic terminal, but the design was later modified to accommodate international flights. It has a capacity of 2.5 million passengers per year in its international wing and 5 million in its domestic wing, which later will expand to nine million passengers yearly. Terminal 2 is the home of [[Philippine Airlines]] and is used for both its domestic and international flights since it has the most number of flights out of the NAIA terminals.
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The third, much larger terminal, NAIA-3, was approved for construction in [[1997]] and is nearly complete. The modern US$640 million, 189,000 square meter facility was designed by [[Skidmore, Owings and Merrill]] (SOM) to have a capacity of 13 million passengers per year. However, a legal dispute between the government of the Philippines and the project's main contractor, PIATCO, over alleged anomalies in the [[Build-Operate-Transfer]] (BOT) contract, is holding completion and opening of the terminal. On December 2004, the Philippine Government took over the management of the facility through an order of the Pasay City Regional Trial Court (RTC). NAIA-3 is set to open its gates to the world in 2006 and will take over all operations of NAIA-1.
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