Flyers in fix over coughing up airport fee

New Delhi: Air passengers are confused. The collection of Airport Development Fee (ADF) - from December 1 - has come as a surprise for those who had booked Air India tickets before December 1. Flyers have been getting calls from the airline to cough up the additional fee even though the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) had asked airlines to collect ADF only from those who book tickets after November 30.
DGCA has said that airlines should rightfully refund passengers who paid ADF in November. "When on November 16, Airports Economic Regulatory Authority permitted IGI Airport management to collect ADF for travel after November 30, there were no clear directions on when it would actually be made applicable. So, airlines started collecting ADF in November itself. On November 30, DGCA ruled that passengers who had booked tickets before November 30 would not be required to pay ADF, irrespective of when they were travelling. In that case, those airlines that had collected ADF in November will now have to refund the fee," said IP Rao, CEO, Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd (DIAL).
03/12/11 Neha Lalchandani/Times of India

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Categories: airports Dec 2011