AIRPORT CHARGES
“Though India is the second highest among Asian airport, airlines do not get value for money at Indian airports. Airlines pay more yet receive service levels that are way below those of Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai and Bangkok,” said Albert Tjoeng, Asia spokesperson of IATA.
For instance, Kuala Lumpur airport charge about $203 for handling a small Airbus A320 aircraft for a three-hour turnaround while Indian airports charge four times more at $1,060 for the same. Airlines will have to pay $2,331 for handling a long haul flight of a Boeing B777 while Kuala Lumpur charges only $753, which is three times lower.
For a Boeing B747 jumbo jet, Indian airports charge $3,471 for three hour turnaround while Singapore airport charges are 40 per cent lower at $2,476. While Dubai airport charges $1,341 to handle a bigger Airbus A340 plane, Indian airports levy $3,282.
The airport charges include landing, navigational, route and facilitation and parking charges.
“The charges at Indian airports are 60 to 70 per cent higher than benchmark airports in South-East Asia or West Asia. However, there is tremendous scope to lower airport charges by enhancing non-aeronautical charges,” said a Jet Airways executive.
* Landing, Housing & Parking Charges, Route Navigation Facilities Charges and X-ray Baggage Charges are payable to AAI (NAD) at all domestic airport except at civil Enclaves.
* At Civil Enclaves, Route Navigation Facilities Charges (RNFC), Terminal Navigational Landing Charges (TNLC) and X-Ray Baggage Charges are payable to AAI (NAD), Landing, Parking and Housing Charges are payable to Defence (at Bangalore payable to HAL).
* At International Airports of Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi and Trivandrum, TNLC and RNFC are payable to AAI (NAD); Landing, Housing & Parking Charges and X-ray Baggage Charges are payable to AAI (IAD). At International Airports of Ahmadabad, Amritsar, Guwahati and Hyderabad, Landing, TNLC, Housing & Parking Charges, Route Navigation Facilities Charges and X-ray Baggage Charges are payable to AAI (NAD).
* At Cochin International Airport Ltd., RNFC is payable to AAI (NAD); TNLC, Landing, Housing & Parking Charges and X-ray Baggage Charges are payable to Cochin International Airport Ltd.
* Weight of the Aircraft means maximum all up weight as indicated in the certificate of airworthiness.
* At Civil Enclaves, Route Navigation Facilities Charges (RNFC), Terminal Navigational Landing Charges (TNLC) and X-Ray Baggage Charges are payable to AAI (NAD), Landing, Parking and Housing Charges are payable to Defence (at Bangalore payable to HAL).
* At International Airports of Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi and Trivandrum, TNLC and RNFC are payable to AAI (NAD); Landing, Housing & Parking Charges and X-ray Baggage Charges are payable to AAI (IAD). At International Airports of Ahmadabad, Amritsar, Guwahati and Hyderabad, Landing, TNLC, Housing & Parking Charges, Route Navigation Facilities Charges and X-ray Baggage Charges are payable to AAI (NAD).
* At Cochin International Airport Ltd., RNFC is payable to AAI (NAD); TNLC, Landing, Housing & Parking Charges and X-ray Baggage Charges are payable to Cochin International Airport Ltd.
* Weight of the Aircraft means maximum all up weight as indicated in the certificate of airworthiness.
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