BIAL to jack up airline parking fee

Bangalore: The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), not withstanding recession in the civil aviation industry, has recently allowed all private greenfield airports in the country, including Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL) to jack up their landing and parking charges for domestic and international carriers.
The new charges came into effect from July 1, following a notification issued last month.
The MoCA has hiked the airline fee by ten per cent, while allowing greenfield airports such as the BIAL, GMR-promoted Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Hyderabad and the Mumbai International Airport to up their charges. With this hike, the ministry has made landing and parking charges uniform across all greenfield airports.
According to Anjana Kher Murray, head, Corporate Communications of BIAL, the ten per cent hike in landing and parking rates has been allowed to be implemented from July 1. Following the hike, the rates now have come on par with what other Airports Authority of India (AAI) airports charge.
According to the MoCA notification, parking fee for aircraft weighing less than 100 tonnes will be Rs 4.10 an hour per tonne and for aircraft weighing above 100 tonnes, the new charges will be Rs 410 and an additional Rs 5.40 a tonne per hour in excess of 100 tonnes and for all aircraft weighing up to 100 tonnes, landing fee for international flights will be Rs 250.50 per tonne and for flights other than international flights, it will be Rs 187.90 per tonne.
For aircraft weighing over 100 tonnes, the landing fee for international flights will be Rs 25,050 plus Rs 336.60 per tonne in excess of 100 tonnes and for others, it will be Rs 18,790 plus Rs 252.50 per tonne in excess of 100 tonnes.
08/07/09 Deccan Herald

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Categories: Airports Jul 2009