IATA puts Delhi, Mumbai airports on 'wall of shame'
BS Reporter / Mumbai Jun 09, 2009, 00:54 IST
Giovanni Bisignani, CEO of International Air Transport Association (IATA), today put Delhi and Mumbai Airport on the ‘IATA Wall of Shame’ for their steep hikes in fees which, he said, added to the jeopardy of the aviation industry.
Bisignani was speaking at the 65th IATA Annual General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Air India’s CMD, Arvind Jhadav and Jet Airways CEO Naresh Goyal were also present at the meeting.
About 11 per cent of airline companies’ revenues go to monopoly suppliers. Airlines pay over $54 billion to airports and air navigation service provi-ders. According to IATA figures, the bill that airlines have paid to monopoly suppliers grew by $1.5 billion last year. In the first six months of 2009, as the crisis in the industry worsened, it grew by another $1.5 billion.
Bisignani said Delhi and Mumbai airports had a special place on the ‘IATA Wall of Shame’. He said Delhi and Mumbai airports were one of the worst contributors to the crisis, for their 207 per cent hike in charges.
“There is no room for this nonsense in our future. When demand drops, suppliers cannot divide the same costs among fewer customers. The shape of everything must change,” he declared.
Im surprised even IATA talks of Mumbai and Del in the wall of shame only for their hike in fees. Firstly, hike in fees for what? For shabby Air Traffic control? For perenially delayed flights? For wasting millions of gallons of fule circling airports begging for a landing spot?
This is disgusting behaviour by our airports at a time when safety is being compromised at every turn.
We must boycott all flights till safety is guaranteed. Then all hikes etc can be discussed.
The place on "wall of shame" is earned by private players who are alwasy on look out for inflating capital cost and demand retrun on that inflated cost.
Private player don't reduce charges during boom time but will first move to demand hike during lean period. Politician obliged them.
we need transparacy in avaiation policy.
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