Sunday, February 19, 2017

Int’l airport authorities ask Centre to foot security bill

Chandigarh: With the high cost of security at the international airport in Mohali eating into the profitability of the Chandigarh International Airport Limited, the board of directors of the airport has asked the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to bear the expense.
The decision was taken during a recent meeting of the board of directors. The financial status of the recently commissioned international airport, growth in passenger traffic and the future expansion plans of the airport were also discussed during this meeting.
An official in the Department of Civil Aviation, Punjab, requesting anonymity, said the board of directors was informed that the annual cost of the Central Industrial Security Force deployed at the airport was Rs 30 crore. Against this, the airport authorities are able to recover just Rs 7.5 crore from the passengers, as an amount of Rs 150 per ticket of a passenger flying out of Chandigarh is charged for the security. The remaining Rs 22.5 crore cost of security is being borne by Chandigarh International Airport Limited, from the profit it has started earning now.
19/02/17 Ruchika M Khanna/Tribune
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