New Delhi: The Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), a special purpose vehicle that operates the Delhi airport, has one of the lowest operating costs among the 16 airports of its size across the globe, according to an analysis by LeighFisher India Private Ltd — an aviation advisory services firm.
“Our analysis indicates Delhi’s (airport’s) operating costs are very low in relation to those of its peers in the sample, particularly when expressed in terms of terminal capacity,” says the advisory firm’s report.
“Even as our costs are one of the least, we are losing Rs 2 crore every day. The discontinuation of airport development fee has also impacted our revenue by Rs 56 crore a month,” said a GMR spokesperson.
Delhi airport charged Rs 200 for every domestic passenger and Rs 1,300 for every international passenger leaving the airport. These charges were discontinued after a court order. Of the 70,000 passengers catered to by the airport daily, around half are departures.
The airport is run by a consortium led by the Bangalore-headquartered GMR Group and comprising state-owned Airports Authority of India, Germany’s Fraport and Malaysian Airport Holdings. Delhi airport would take three more years to break even. DIAL had mandated LeighFisher to provide benchmark data for its talks with the Airport Economic Regulatory Authority.
03/09/11 Mihir Mishra/Business Standard
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