High airport fees must be justified by better services: IATA

New Delhi: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) today said the high user charges, which were making major Indian airports "very expensive", should be justified by better services to the airlines and passengers.
Though the landing, parking and navigation charges or airport development fees were "not at the top level of the (global) scale", IATA Director General and CEO Giovanni Bisignani said if these were compared to the purchasing power of Indian people, it would make the airports "very expensive".
The government had earlier this year allowed a ten per cent hike in landing and parking charges, which came under severe criticism from this global umbrella body of airlines.
In an interview, Bisignani stressed that the charges should match delivery of services.
25/10/09 PTI/Economic Times

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Categories: Airports Oct 2009