The move to seek review of airport charges comes within days of the aviation ministry realizing that its order to scrap airport development fee (ADF) in Delhi and Mumbai may not translate into cheaper flying.
Airport authorities and the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) had warned that it could lead to higher UDF for flyers and an overall hike in aeronautical charges on airlines, which would be passed on to flyers.
Airlines, foreign and domestic , consider Delhi among the costliest airports in the world and the most expensive one in Asia. It is also the only airport levying UDF on incoming passengers as well. "Such high charges prevent traffic from growing and thus make it difficult for Delhi to compete with nearby Asian airports like Dubai or Kuala Lumpur in becoming a big regional hub. It's high time the government intervened," said an airline official to TOI.
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