ANYONE who travels by air knows that airports have names, and many of them are named after persons and not the city or the country where they are located. Thus, our airport is named the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and not the Philippine International Airport. While many domestic terminals in the provinces are named after their location, some are named after persons like the Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Davao City or the Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport in Tacloban City.
Of the 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, only Brunei International Airport carries the country’s name. Some are named after their major cities like Yangon International Airport in Myanmar, Phnom Penh International Airport in Cambodia and Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. Most are named after places like Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Thailand, Tan Son Nhat and Noi Bai International Airports in Vietnam, Changi International Airport in Singapore, and Wattay International Airport in Laos. The old airport in Bangkok was initially named the Bangkok International Airport but subsequently became known as the Don Mueang International Airport.
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