‘Delhi, Mumbai airports notch up lowest passenger revenue'

New Delhi: Amid ongoing consultations for increasing charges for Delhi airport, a global management consultancy has found Delhi and Mumbai airports generating the least per passenger aeronautical revenue.
Leigh Fisher Management Consultancy surveyed 50 airports and found Delhi airport with 1.97 SDR (Special Drawing Rights) and Mumbai just above Delhi, with 2.09 SDR. SDR is an international reserve asset created by the International Monetary Fund. Its value is based on a basket of four key international currencies. Narita Airport in Tokyo (Japan) tops the list with per passenger aeronautical revenue at 17.86 SDR.
This survey comes at a time when Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), a GMR Group company, has sought a nearly nine-fold hike in airport charges, for which a formal proposal has already been filed with Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA).
AERA, which had issued a consultation paper on the issue with a proposal to increase airport charges by over three times, has now extended the date for submission of stakeholders' views to February 29. The regulator is likely to give its order by next month end.
24/02/12 Business Line

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Categories: airports Feb 2012