Flying out of Bangalore, Hyderabad to be costlier

New Delhi: Millions of passengers flying out of two greenfield airports in Hyderabad and Bangalore respectively would have to shell out user development fee beginning March this year.
The first flight would take off from GMR Hyderabad International Airport after its inauguration on March 16 while Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) is scheduled on March 30.
Both airports plan to charge an airport service fee of Rs 700 a passenger for domestic flights while international passengers would be expected to cough up Rs 900.
Currently passengers pay Rs 225 as regulated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
Soon after the hijacking of an Indian Airlines flight in December 1999, the passenger fee was hiked to Rs 225 to bear the financial cost of providing security.
17/01/08 K S Narayanan/Newindpress

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