Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)

Mangaluru, Nov 17: User fee at the international airport in the city will not be hiked as the proposal to increase the same is not approved.

The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India has decided to continue the same user fee for passengers passing through the airport in the city till March 2023 or next order.

A proposal was sent to hike the user fee at airports of Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Jaipur, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram and Srinagar along with the Mangaluru International Airport. The regulatory authority decided to continue the old fee in Mangaluru, Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Srinagar airports.

Adani Group, which maintains the international airport in the city had proposed to increase user fee by Rs 100 from October 1, 2022. At present the user fee is Rs 150 per person. There is plan to increase this fee to Rs 725 for domestic passengers and Rs 1,200 for international passengers towards the beginning of 2026.

Adani Group took the maintenance of international airport in the city in October 2020. It had continued the same old user fee. However, Adani airports has clearly explained its upcoming development activities at the airport in its MYTP proposal. At present the group is conducting works of extension at a cost of Rs 300 crore. In the next year, the group will also spend an additional Rs 500 crore for developmental work in the next five years.