Flights from Kolkata to become expensive from January

New Delhi: Emboldened by the levy of user development fee (UDF) by private airport operators in Delhi, Airports Authority of India (AAI) has also moved a proposal to levy UDF on domestic and international passengers at the Kolkata airport from January 1, 2013, making flight operations expensive for passengers and cargo movement.
Government sources in the Civil Aviation Ministry said that AAI, which owns and maintains the Kolkata Airport, had already got the nod of Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) for its proposal, and only consultations with the stakeholders were left to be held before the actual notification was issued.
Under the new rule, UDF of Rs.400 on every flying domestic passenger and Rs.1,000 on an international passenger will be levied from January 1 next year.
04/09/12 The Hindu

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Categories: airports Sep 2012, Indian Aviation- In General Sep 2012