Mumbai, April 27:
All fliers on the busy Mumbai-Delhi route will have to shell out
more from May.
This follows the user development fee (USD) that will be levied
by Delhi airport and airport development fee by Mumbai International Airport
Ltd (MIAL).
This fee will be collected by the airlines or travel portals.
For those who have already booked tickets, MIAL will collect the
development fee through a special counter at the airport.
Passengers had better get ready to shell out around Rs 1,000 to
Rs 1,100 more on this route from May 15{+.}. Tickets on this route (for a
mid-May passage) are currently around Rs 5,000 (one-way).
Outgoing travellers from Delhi airport flying more than 500 km
will pay Rs 462.80 and an incoming passenger, including those from Mumbai, Rs
391.60.
This means the aggregate ticket cost for a flight to Delhi from
Mumbai will cost around Rs 500, including the MIAL's Rs 100 development fee.
airport development fee
The airport development fee for Mumbai airport will come into
effect from May 1.
Every domestic passenger flying out from Mumbai will have to pay
Rs 100 while for the international passenger, it will be Rs 600.
As a result, airline companies have decided to increase air
fares.
“The cost of fares will go up. There is no other choice. The
return fare on Mumbai-Delhi route will be higher by around Rs 1,100. From an
airline's perspective, there are additional charges like landing charges that
will go up,” said Mr Mahalingam Shivkumar, Senior Vice-President (Finance), Jet
Airways.
Travel agents and tour operators say that the move to levy the
charges during the peak of domestic travel season will have an adverse impact
on the tourism industry.
“This step doesn't promote tourism. April - June is peak domestic
travel season. With air fares already so high, this move will further dampen
the mood of the travellers,” said Mr Iqbal Mulla, President, Travel Agents'
Associations of India (TAAI).
All airlines have jacked up their fares on many busy air routes
like Mumbai-Delhi by 10-25 per cent over the past few weeks.
“India's aviation industry is already in a financial turmoil.
This increase in airport charges will further push it into trouble,” Mr Mulla
added.
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