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Domestic Outbound Passengers To Pay Rs.375 extra At Hyderabad Airport
Posted by Pradeep Sadanapalli | August 21, 2008 | 293 views
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Loading ...Domestic passengers leaving Hyderabad international airport will now have to pay an additional Rs.375 as user development fee (UDF), the airport operator said Wednesday.
In a regulatory statement, GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GMR-HIAL) said the user fee had been approved by the civil aviation ministry and will be applicable from Aug 22.
The approval comes just two days after the ministry announced draft guidelines for levying UDF at airports.
According to a company release, the fee will be collected at the airport before boarding passes are issued from passengers who had purchased tickets before the government notification was made.
GMR-HIAL chief commercial officer Viswanath Attaluri said the UDF was necessary in view of huge investments made by the GMR-led consortium, with the first phase developed on an outlay of Rs.24.78 billion.
He said the UDF collection was as per the business plan approved by the civil aviation ministry prior to commissioning of airport operations and as per the terms and conditions in the financial closure of the project.
Infrastructure major GMR has 63 per cent stake in GMR-HIAL, with Airports Authority of India (13 per cent), the Andhra Pradesh government (13 per cent), and Malaysia Airports Holding Berhad (11 per cent).
SOURCES:
Economic Times
Topics: Airports |
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