Last Updated: February 28, 2023, 09:27 IST
If authorized, the brand new charges can be relevant for airports that cater to UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) flights that intention at regional connectivity. (Image: Unsplash/Representative)
The stakeholders have been instructed to submit their recommendations by Tuesday, February 28, concerning the Centre’s proposal for a 30 per cent hike in prices for small airports
Will flights to smaller cities like Karnataka’s Belagavi, Uttar Pradesh Prayagraj and Agra get costly? The reply is sure, because the Centre has proposed a 30 per cent hike in prices for small airports, which cater to lower than 3.5 million passengers.
A report by CNBC quoted a draft idea paper of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and said that the federal government has proposed a hike in touchdown and parking charges for plane by 30 per cent and growing consumer improvement charges by 4 instances.
The report said that if authorized, the brand new charges can be relevant for airports that cater to UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) flights that intention at regional connectivity.
In the paper, the ministry stated that the Airports Authority of India (AAI) was the main airport operator in the nation, however at the moment there are lots of different amenities which are being developed and operated by non-public gamers and states and that the monopoly of a service supplier at an area stage nonetheless exists.
The AAI has stated that in absence of revision of prices, smaller airports might endure Rs 4,000 crore losses in 5 years.
According to the draft idea paper, the airports can be divided in three classes:
Cluster 1: 13 airports that deal with 1 million and extra passengers a yr
Cluster 2: 32 airports that deal with 0.1 to 1 million passengers a yr
Cluster 3: 32 airports that deal with lower than 0.1 million passengers a yr
The CNBC report said that the choice on the proposal is but to be finalised. The stakeholders have been instructed to submit their recommendations concerning the identical by Tuesday, February 28.
On Monday itself, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Karnataka’s latest airport in Shivamogga, Built at a price of Rs 450 crore, the airport has been constructed below the Centre’s UDAN scheme aimed to make air journey reasonably priced to all.
The lotus-shaped passenger terminal constructing of the greenfield home airport at Sogane in Shivamogga district can deal with 300 passengers per hour. The airport in Shivamogga will enhance commerce and enhance connectivity, PM Modi stated.
In Budget 2023, the federal government stated 50 extra airports, heliports, water aerodromes and advance touchdown grounds can be revived for bettering regional air connectivity in the nation. The announcement was made by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman whereas presenting the Union Budget for 2023-24.
Over the previous few years, the federal government has been taking varied initiatives, particularly the UDAN scheme, to enhance the regional air connectivity.
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