Cheaper Air Fares, SC Quashes Airport Development Fee On Passengers
13 years, 11 months ago

Cheaper Air Fares, SC Quashes Airport Development Fee On Passengers

India TV News  

New Delhi, Apr 26: The Supreme Court today quashed levying of Airport Development Fee by private airport developers in Delhi and Mumbai on international and domestic passengers. A bench of justices Cyriac Joseph and A K Patnaik set aside the policy of airport developers by which passengers departing from Delhi airport had to pay a fee of Rs 200 for domestic flights and Rs 1,300 for international flights while fliers departing from Mumbai were charged Rs 100 for domestic and Rs 600 for international flights. The bench set aside the Delhi High Court's order which had upheld levying of ADF.The court passed the order on a petition filed by the NGO, Consumer Online Foundation, contending that the fee was illegal, as it was not approved by Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India. Earlier, the Delhi High Court had in August 2009 rejected the petition of the NGO, ruling that private airport developers were free to charge ADF from passengers and that barring it would have damaging consequences for the Public Private Partnership Model.

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With user fee hike, flying out of Mumbai could cost more
1 week, 3 days ago

With user fee hike, flying out of Mumbai could cost more

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Flying out of Mumbai airport could cost more, with Mumbai International Airport Limited, which operates the Mumbai airport, proposing to introduce a User Development Fee for domestic passengers and a steep increase in the fee for international passengers. MIAL has submitted a proposal to the Airport Economic Regulatory Authority, for the imposition of ₹325 for departing domestic passengers and …

Delhi airport operator sues government over flights from defence airbase
1 week, 5 days ago

Delhi airport operator sues government over flights from defence airbase

The Hindu  

The operator of the Delhi’s international airport, majority owned by GMR Airports, is suing the government for allowing commercial flights from a nearby defence aerodrome, legal papers show in a case to be heard on Monday. The Delhi airport will become "economically and financially unviable," after the government permitted commercial flights from the defence airbase in Ghaziabad, Delhi International Airport …

Air India suggests lower landing charges, concerned at user charges at Delhi Airport
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Air India suggests lower landing charges, concerned at user charges at Delhi Airport

Live Mint  

Air India has expressed concern that Delhi International Airport Ltd's proposal to significantly increase user development fees and other aeronautical charges will hinder efforts to establish the airport as an aviation hub. DIAL has proposed raising landing charges for domestic wide-bodied aircraft from ₹188 per metric tonnes to ₹325 per MT, and for international wide-bodied aircraft from ₹250 per MT …

Bombay High Court Fines Licensee Rs 5 Lakh For 'Harassing Landowners' Regarding Compensation For Land Acquired For Kohlapur Airport
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Bombay High Court Fines Licensee Rs 5 Lakh For 'Harassing Landowners' Regarding Compensation For Land Acquired For Kohlapur Airport

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has imposed a cost of Rs. The High Court said that the civil suit and the petition before it was filed only to cause harassment to respondent nos.1 to 3, so that they do not receive the land acquisition compensation by negotiation. The Court further remarked that the Additional Collector also “played at the hands of …

Delhi, Mumbai airports get HC notice in Airports Authority’s revenue sharing plea
4 months ago

Delhi, Mumbai airports get HC notice in Airports Authority’s revenue sharing plea

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Delhi high court’s division bench on Wednesday issued notices to Delhi International Airport Ltd and Mumbai International Airport Ltd, subsidiaries of GMR Airports Ltd and Adani Airport Holdings Ltd, respectively, in response to a petition filed by the Airports Authority of India over the revenue-sharing model. Under the operation, management, and development agreement, the JVs were required …

Delhi High Court Verdict In Airports Authority Of India Case Is A Renewed Call To Uphold The Spirit Of The Arbitration Act
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi High Court Verdict In Airports Authority Of India Case Is A Renewed Call To Uphold The Spirit Of The Arbitration Act

Live Law  

Almost all weekend conferences on Arbitration- organized with the intent to promote India as a 'hub for arbitration'- witness stakeholders coming together to call for increased predictability vis-à-vis enforcement of arbitral awards. Amidst most courts favoring judicial interference, the recent decision of the single-judge bench of the Delhi High Court dated 18.10.2024 in Airports Authority of India versus Delhi International …

No Service Tax Applicable on User Development Fee collected From Passengers by Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad International Airports: Supreme Court
1 year, 10 months ago

No Service Tax Applicable on User Development Fee collected From Passengers by Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad International Airports: Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has ruled that “user development fee” levied and collected by the airport operation, maintenance, and development entities from passengers departing the concerned airports, is a statutory levy, and thus, it is not subjected to levy of service tax under the provisions of the Finance Act, 1994. The bench comprising Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta were …

US orders Air India to pay $121.5 million as passenger refunds and $1.4 million as fines
2 years, 4 months ago

US orders Air India to pay $121.5 million as passenger refunds and $1.4 million as fines

India TV News  

The US has ordered Tata-group-owned Air India to pay a whopping USD 121.5 million as refunds and USD 1.4 million as penalties for extreme delays in providing refunds to passengers due to the cancellation or change in flights, mostly during the pandemic, officials said. Air India is among the six airlines that have agreed to cough up a total of …

Covid Impact: Mumbai Flyers to Pay Development Fee for Another Year Due to Airport Traffic Slump
4 years ago

Covid Impact: Mumbai Flyers to Pay Development Fee for Another Year Due to Airport Traffic Slump

News 18  

The development fee charges for outbound flights from Mumbai — Rs 120 for domestic and Rs 720 for international destinations — will continue till March 31, 2022, according to reports. The tariff order that was expected to end on March has been extended by a year due to covid-19 hit travel restrictions, according to a Times of India report. The …

Flying out from Delhi airport to get costly. Here's why
6 years, 4 months ago

Flying out from Delhi airport to get costly. Here's why

India TV News  

Planning to take a flight from Delhi airport? You need to shell out more now as the passenger charge will be raised at the Indira Gandhi International Airport from December 1, 2018. According to an order dated November 19 by Airports Economic Regulatory Authority, the Delhi International Airport Limited, the firm which manages and operates the facility will be able …

Airlines in India are not charging exorbitant air fares, DGCA tells Delhi high court
6 years, 7 months ago

Airlines in India are not charging exorbitant air fares, DGCA tells Delhi high court

Hindustan Times  

Civil aviation regulator, DGCA, on Friday told the Delhi high court that airlines in the country are not charging fares that are unlawful, discriminatory or exorbitant and the ticket prices change according to market forces. “It is denied that air fares charged by the airlines are unlawful and discriminatory and that the respondents have shirked their responsibility,” the aviation regulator …

Air ticket prices to and from Delhi to drop as DGCA slashes fees
7 years, 8 months ago

Air ticket prices to and from Delhi to drop as DGCA slashes fees

Op India  

In some good news for travellers, flights having Delhi’s Domestic and International airports as either source or destination would now see their ticket prices slashed. In the new tariff structure which became effective from 7th July, the User Development Fee charged by the Delhi airport would go down to Rs 10 and Rs 45 for Domestic and International flights originating …

Flights in and out of Delhi set to get cheaper. Here’s why
8 years ago

Flights in and out of Delhi set to get cheaper. Here’s why

India TV News  

The legal tussle between the Delhi International Airport Pvt Ltd and government agency Airports Economic Regulatory Authority over the former levying 96 per cent higher charges on airlines, resulting in increased flight fares, is finally over. In December 2015, AERA had slashed Delhi Airport charges by a steep 96 per cent for the period April 1, 2014, to March 31, …

Some levies on fliers cut, but others set to go up
8 years, 5 months ago

Some levies on fliers cut, but others set to go up

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The economic regulator for India’s airports has knocked off the user development fee for domestic fliers and nearly halved it for international travellers from Mumbai. HT Image People wanting to go for a vacation during the Diwali holidays may want to rejoice but should exercise caution, because the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India order has permitted the airport …

Delhi HC directs Ministry of Civil Aviation to consider Plea against Arbitrary Airfares [Read Petition]
8 years, 8 months ago

Delhi HC directs Ministry of Civil Aviation to consider Plea against Arbitrary Airfares [Read Petition]

Live Law  

A Division Bench of Delhi High Court comprising of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal has directed the Ministry of Civil Aviation to consider Advocate Amit Sahni’s Plea seeking directions to the Government to control the Air Fare across the country thereby ensuring that the private companies could not fleece their customers arbitrarily.According to the Petitioner,. A …

Lawyer files PIL in Delhi HC against Arbitrary Air Fares [Read Petition]
8 years, 8 months ago

Lawyer files PIL in Delhi HC against Arbitrary Air Fares [Read Petition]

Live Law  

A Public Interest Litigation is filed in Delhi High Court by Advocate Amit Sahni seeking directions to the Government to control the Air Fare across the country thereby ensuring that the private companies could not fleece their customers arbitrarily.According to the Petitioner, there is no cap on charging of air fare by the private Airlines companies from its customers and …

Lawyer files PIL in Delhi HC against Arbitrary Air Fares [Read Petition]
8 years, 8 months ago

Lawyer files PIL in Delhi HC against Arbitrary Air Fares [Read Petition]

Live Law  

A Public Interest Litigation is filed in Delhi High Court by Advocate Amit Sahni seeking directions to the Government to control the Air Fare across the country thereby ensuring that the private companies could not fleece their customers arbitrarily.According to the Petitioner, there is no cap on charging of air fare by the private Airlines companies from its customers and …

Now, flying from Indira Gandhi International Airport gets cheaper!
8 years, 10 months ago

Now, flying from Indira Gandhi International Airport gets cheaper!

India TV News  

New Delhi: Flying out of IGI Airport in New Delhi has got cheaper from Sunday with the discontinuation of the development fee being charged from each passenger for the past several years. Delhi International Airport Limited, the joint venture company which runs the IGI airport, was allowed to levy Rs 100 per flight as Development Fee from passengers flying on …

AAI reduction in Delhi airport charges opposed ;unfortunate, says IATA - India TV News
9 years, 11 months ago

AAI reduction in Delhi airport charges opposed ;unfortunate, says IATA - India TV News

India TV News  

New Delhi: Terming as “unfortunate” and “disappointing” the AAI decision to oppose proposed reduction in charges at Delhi airport by 78 per cent, International Air Transport Association has said the move would prove detrimental to both passengers and airlines. “It is unfortunate and disappointing that AAI has taken a very short-term view on the Delhi Airport charges by contesting against …

Airport charges at Delhi, Mumbai to remain same till October
10 years, 10 months ago

Airport charges at Delhi, Mumbai to remain same till October

India TV News  

New Delhi: Airport charges and user development fee at Delhi and Mumbai, which were to be revised last month, would continue to remain the same till October end, official sources said on Sunday. Airport charges, paid by airlines to airport operators like GMR-led Delhi International Airport Limited and GVK-led Mumbai International Airport Limited, include those relating to landing and parking, …

No ADF charges at Delhi, Mumbai airports from January 1
12 years, 5 months ago

No ADF charges at Delhi, Mumbai airports from January 1

India TV News  

New Delhi, Oct 16: Air fares out of Delhi and Mumbai would become cheaper with the government today deciding to abolish airport development fee at the two airports from January 1 and directing state-run Airports Authority of India to infuse more equity in both the joint ventures. Currently, the ADF is charged at the rate of Rs 200 per domestic …

Civil aviation min offers point by point rebuttal of CAG report
12 years, 5 months ago

Civil aviation min offers point by point rebuttal of CAG report

Firstpost  

The Civil Aviation Ministry has said CAG’s observations that “undue benefits” were given to the operator of the Delhi International Airport are erronous. In a point-by-point rebuttal of the auditor’s observations on the Delhi International Airport, the Ministry told Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee that the process of selection of joint venture partners was completed as per laid-down procedure, and by …

SC: Asking air travellers to pay development fee unreasonable
12 years, 8 months ago

SC: Asking air travellers to pay development fee unreasonable

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday termed the levying of the airport development fee on passengers at the domestic and international airport a “little unreasonable”. In London, they charge 400 pounds per passenger for a small room in VIP lounge, why can’t you reciprocate here,” said a bench of Justice DK Jain and Justice Madan B Lokur. The court’s remarks came …

You now need deeper pockets to fly from Chennai, Kolkata
12 years, 10 months ago

You now need deeper pockets to fly from Chennai, Kolkata

Firstpost  

After Delhi and Mumbai, the cost of air travel from Chennai and Kolkata as well as 10 other airports is likely to rise if a proposed plan to increase airport charges is approved, a report in Business Line has said. The Airports Authority of India has asked for an increase in airport charges for the two metro airports, while a …

Steep hike in airfares for Delhi
12 years, 11 months ago

Steep hike in airfares for Delhi

India TV News  

New Delhi, April 26 : The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority on Wednesday approved a 345 per cent hike in airport charges in Delhi for the next two years, and also concurrently accepted the request of GMR-promoted Delhi International Airport Ltd to levy a user development fee on all passengers including, for the first time, those who arrive at the airport. …

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