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Manila International Airport Authority vs Airspan Corporation, et al.

MANILA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY, Petitioner, versus AIRSPAN CORPORATION, LBC EXPRESS INC., A. SORIANO AVIATION, INC., FLYING MEDICAL SAMARITANS, INC., ABOITIZ AIR TRANSPORT CORP., ASIA AIRCRAFT OVERSEAS PHILS., INC., ASIAN AEROSPACE CORP., PACIFIC JET MAINTENANCE SERVICES, INC., GENERAL AVIATION SUPPLIES TRADING, INC., AIRWORKS AVIATION CORP., FEDERATION OF AVIATION ORGANIZATIONS OF THE PHILS., INC., SUBIC INTERNATIONAL AIR CHARTER, INC., NORMAL HOLDINGS AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION and COLUMBIAN MOTOR SALES CORPORATION, Respondents.

G.R. No. 157581 | 2004-12-01

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

For review on certiorari is the Decision,[1] dated February 17, 2003, of the Regional Trial Court of Makati City, Branch 58, in Civil Case No. 99-1293. The said Decision nullified herein petitioner's Resolutions Nos. 98-30 and 99-11 for want of notice and public hearing.

The undisputed facts are as follows:

Petitioner Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) is a government-owned and controlled corporation created on March 4, 1982, by Executive Order No. 778. It owns, operates, and manages the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Petitioner's properties, facilities, and services are...