Indore: Airlines to be fined for flight delay

Indore: Now the airline companies will have to pay fine at the rate of Rs 12,000 per hour for delay in their flight’s landing at the Devi Ahilya airport. The decision has come into force from December 15. The punitive action is expected to rein-in frequent delays in flights which cause avoidable trouble to the passengers.
Indore airport director RS Shinde said the decision has come into force. The airlines are required to deposit the penalty amount with their monthly rent.
Airport authority sources said a separate fund has been created from the fine recovery to be used to increase passenger amenities at the airport.
The amount thus earned will be first sent to the Mumbai headquarters and later will return to the respective airports for spending.
The sources said that with inclusion of the punitive provision, the airlines will be more caution about sticking to the time schedule. Quite often it has been observed that delays in flight cause ruckus at the airport and anger among the passengers.
19/12/11 dailybhaskar.com

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Categories: airports Dec 2011