Row between Pvt airlines and GMR authorities

Hyderabad: The ongoing row between domestic private airlines and GMR authorities over the Common Infrastructure Charges (CIC) being levied by the operators of the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) at Shamshabad appears to have been settled in favour of the airport authorities by the Centre.
Sources in GMR told TOI that the union ministry of civil aviation has directed the different domestic air carriers operating from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport to pay the CIC as applicable to the airport management. This was decided at a meeting which ministry officials had with the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA) on Monday in New Delhi, they added. While the international carriers have been paying the fee since the airport commenced operations in March 2008, the domestic ones were not, thus sparking a row between the authorities and the carriers.
The GMR authorities were seeking the fee from the carriers for using facilities like aerobridges, common reservation system and computerised video guidance system. This amounted to Rs 70 per passenger for using aerobridge and Rs 48 per passenger for using boarding ladders.
With the centre ruling in favour of GMR, the airport authorities now want to collect the arrears from the domestic air carriers as well as collect the current ones.
21/01/09 Times of India

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Categories: Airports Jan 2009