Indian airports charges lowest

New Delhi: A report submitted by India to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) for the 'Worldwide symposium on performance of air navigation system' shows the airport charges in the country are comparatively low when compared with major international hubs.
International as well as the domestic airlines has complained that the landing, parking and route navigation charges in India are amongst the highest. Based on the charges worked out as per ICAO specifications, amongst 167 countries India ranks as low as 86, 86 and 103 for landing charges taken for Boeing 747, Airbus A310 and Boeing 737 aircraft.
Also Transport Research Laboratory, Australia conducted a study on the aeronautical charges (2002) and positioned countries on the index of 1 to 100. On the basis of landing parking, terminal navigation and landing charges (TNLC), India's position on that scale is 22, which is lower than airports in New York, Frankfurt, London, Bangkok, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Delhi. The landing charges for Airbus A320 aircraft are almost one third of that of United Kingdom and less than half of that of China. It is also significantly lower than the rates charged in Australia, and our neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia. However, landing charges in India are higher than those of Germany and Sri Lanka.
03/05/07 Atreyee Dev Roy/Financial Express

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Categories: Airports May 2007