Aviation ministry to introduce tariffs for peak, non-peak hours

New Delhi: Air travellers could soon hope for better bargains while flying during the non-peak hours. After dithering over it for some time, the civil aviation ministry has once again mooted the proposal of introducing differential tariffs for peak and non-peak hours in an attempt to curtail congestion at busy airports.
The proposal was brought up at the Airlines Facilitation Committee meeting, which was held about two weeks back to discuss general issues related to the aviation industry, government officials told FE. Airport charges comprise landing, parking and route navigation.
About three months back, the ministry had proposed to double charges during the peak hours and to half those in the non-peak hours, which was shelved due to hefty opposition from airline companies.
Now, the government has once again floated the idea to specifically incentivise non-peak hour travel in order to better utilise the airport infrastructure between midnight and 5 am.
14/06/07 Sunny Verma & Atreyee Dev Roy

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Categories: General Aviation Jun 2007, New Jun 2007