Supreme Court Cancels Airport Development Fee [ADF] Now Pay less for domestic and international air travel in Delhi and Mumbai
Supreme Court Cancels Airport Development Fee [ADF]
Now Pay less for domestic and international air travel in Delhi and Mumbai
SC Cancels airport development fee (ADF) being charged by private operators in Delhi and Mumbai –
The Supreme Court has stopped the Delhi and Mumbai airports from charging passengers what's known as an "Airport Development Fee."
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.
The Supreme Court today quashed the levying of the Airport Development Fee by private airport developers in Delhi and Mumbai on international and domestic passengers.
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.
The NGO had pleaded that such levy can only be charged by a government body like the Airport Authority of India and not private bodies such as Delhi International Airport Ltd and Mumbai International Airport Ltd that are just managing the Airport.
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.
Fliers departing from Mumbai were charged Rs 100 for domestic and Rs 600 for international flights.
As a result, tickets are likely to become cheaper by Rs.200 for domestic travelers and Rs.1, 300 for international passengers boarding from Delhi. Similarly, tickets from the Mumbai airport are also likely to become cheaper with varying rates.
Airport Ticket Officials at the Mumbai airport say the fees were built into tickets and will be deleted now.
They were charging Rs. 100 as a "departure fee" for domestic travel and Rs. 600 for international travel.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
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