Govt mulls charging development fee from users of 9 airports

New Delhi: After imposing development fee in four private airports, the government is mulling charging it from passengers departing from another nine airports in the country.
A proposal to impose development fee on passengers departing from nine airports being modernised by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is likely to get the government's nod soon, which would enable the state-owned body recover its cash shortfall, official sources said on Thursday.
The proposal is being vetted by the Finance Ministry, the sources said, adding that the fee would be levied from May 1 for a "limited period", if approved.
The fee would be about Rs 200-250 for outbound domestic passengers and Rs 1,000 for departing international travellers, in line with those being imposed on passengers travelling out of major privatised airports at Bangalore, Hyderabad, Delhi and Mumbai. The nine airports where AAI is carrying out major expansion and modernisation activities include Kolkata, Chennai, Jaipur, Thiruvananthapuram, Amritsar and Trichy, the sources said.
16/04/09 PTI/Economic Times

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Categories: Airports Apr 2009