Forum to protest against Indian airport authorities

Sharjah: All India Airport Users’ Forum (AIAUF) based in the UAE is planning to start an intensive campaign against the proposed move for introducing users’ fee at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport in the south Indian state of Kerala.
The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority in India last week permitted Airport Authority of India to ?collect, for a period of 10 years, an ad-hoc user development fee of ?Rs 755 (more than Dhs60) from ?every international passenger flying out of the new airport to be opened shortly in Kerala’s capital.
President of AIAUF in Sharjah, K M Basheer, condemned the move to charge users, most of whom are Gulf-based Keralites.
He noted that users’ development fee at Kozhikode and Kochi airports was scrapped after prolonged legal fight and protests from expatriate Indian organisations spearheaded by AIAUF, which highlights the fact that the users’ fee could be unaffordable to hundreds of expatriate workers.
Basheer said AIAUF had already started gathering support from the Gulf expatriates and more protests would be held in the coming days.
15/05/10 Khaleej Times

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