Flying in and out of Delhi to get costlier, DIAL mulls new fee

New Delhi: Flying in and out of Delhi is going to get a lot more expensive from April. The Delhi International Airport Pvt Ltd (DIAL) has proposed a new charge called user development fee (UDF) for all passengers - departing, arriving and even transiting.
This will be in addition to the existing fees levied only on departing flyers - passenger service fee (PSF of Rs 207) and airport development fee of Rs 200 and Rs 1,300 for domestic and international passengers, respectively.
The proposal is, on an average, for charging a UDF of Rs 1,300-1,400 from international passengers and Rs 600 from domestic passengers. The UDF for passengers in transit is Rs 800 and Rs 360 for international and domestic transit flyers, respectively, said GMR Airports' chief financial officer Sidharth Kapur.
The new fee is distancelinked. Three slabs have been created for international flights. Flights of up to 2,000km, between 2,000 and 5,000 km and above 5,000 km have been classified as short, medium and long haul. So long haul would pay more than the average of Rs 1,300-1,400 while short haul would pay less than that. The final rates would be determined by the Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA).
26/01/12 Saurabh Sinha/Economic Times

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Categories: airports Jan 2012