LCCs clamour for low-cost ground handling facilities at HAL airport

New Delhi: Objecting to what are believed to be very high ground handling rates charged by public sector enterprises at the Hindustan Aeronautic Ltd (HAL) airport in Bangalore, four carriers GoAir, SpiceJet, Indigo Airlines and Paramount Airways, have written to the HAL chairman requesting setting up self handling facilities.
According to the letter, a copy of which is available with FE, the ground handling rates charged by the HAL-Air India joint working group at Bangalore appear to be very high. The rate for per turn charge and the pushback charge of a single aircraft is around Rs 18,000 which is thrice the cost that an airline incurs on either self handling or outsourcing the work to other private players at other airports across the country.
The letter also points out that full service carriers are allowed to self handle at the HAL airport are while the low cost airlines subject to the high rate set by the HAL-Air India joint working group, are the new low fare carriers.
03/03/07 Financial Express

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Categories: Airports Mar 2007, Low Cost General Mar 2007