SAN Miguel Corp. (SMC) said the New Manila International Airport (NMIA), which is set to be the country's largest airport, is not a reclamation project.

'The airport project does not involve reclamation. The project site has existing, valid land titles indicating its original status as land,' SMC President and Chief Executive Officer Ramon S. Ang said in a statement on Friday. 'Due to natural processes over time, this land had become prone to regular inundation. Instead of creating new land, we are redeveloping it to its former state ensuring its productive and sustainable use for the future.'