Flying out of Chennai to become costlier

Mumbai: Flying from Chennai will cost more from November as the Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) is all set to clear a proposal from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for a steep hike in airport charges at Chennai International Airport (CIA) to enable the latter recover its investments.
While airlines will have to pay more from November for using the airport, a User Development Fee (UDF) will be imposed at Chennai for departing passengers (Rs.165 for domestic and Rs.667 for international) from January 1, 2013.
At present, there is a Passenger Service Fee (PSF) of Rs.207 being collected at CIA comprising of Security Component of Rs 130 and Facilitation Component (FC) of Rs 77.
27/08/12 Lalatendu Mishra/The Hindu

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Categories: airports Aug 2012