New Delhi: The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) has corrected the anomaly in its earlier tariff orders and has exempted aircraft with 80 seats or less from being charged a landing fee, a move that's going to give a fillip to the regional connectivity plan.
According to an earlier tariff order, which is still in force, AERA had allowed airport operators of Delhi and Mumbai to charge landing fee to aircraft with seating capacity of 80 or less. Norms exempt smaller aircraft from landing charges at all airports and no other operator charges them.
The order will help boost the regional connectivity plan that pegs on making operations by smaller aircraft cost effective. The order is likely to benefit airlines that operate 70-seater aircraft and includes SpiceJet, Air India and Jet Airways
Airlines such as Air India and SpiceJet had made several representation to AERA on the issue. "In the new tariff order for Delhi, we have ordered that these smaller aircraft will be exempted from paying landing charges. We have also informed Mumbai airport about the same," said a top AERA official, who did not wish to be named.
The official said the matter would have been addressed in the first tariff period itself if proper representation would have been made by these airlines. "We received a lot of representations from airlines later and the exemption was put in place," said the official.
27/07/16 Mihir Mishra/Economic Times
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According to an earlier tariff order, which is still in force, AERA had allowed airport operators of Delhi and Mumbai to charge landing fee to aircraft with seating capacity of 80 or less. Norms exempt smaller aircraft from landing charges at all airports and no other operator charges them.
The order will help boost the regional connectivity plan that pegs on making operations by smaller aircraft cost effective. The order is likely to benefit airlines that operate 70-seater aircraft and includes SpiceJet, Air India and Jet Airways
Airlines such as Air India and SpiceJet had made several representation to AERA on the issue. "In the new tariff order for Delhi, we have ordered that these smaller aircraft will be exempted from paying landing charges. We have also informed Mumbai airport about the same," said a top AERA official, who did not wish to be named.
The official said the matter would have been addressed in the first tariff period itself if proper representation would have been made by these airlines. "We received a lot of representations from airlines later and the exemption was put in place," said the official.
27/07/16 Mihir Mishra/Economic Times
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