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A recalculation of airport asset values has left Delhi and Mumbai airports seeking major tariff recovery, which may raise the risk of steep fee hikes for flyers and higher operating costs for airlines

Aera draft regulation makes airport operators responsible for overall service quality, including third-party providers, linking tariffs to performance benchmarks

Aviation ministry intervened after protest from airlines, cargo operators

AERA permits Mumbai airport to charge Rs 695 UDF from departing international business class passengers and Rs 615 from economy class starting May 16

Adani Group-led MIAL, which operates the Mumbai airport, has requested AERA to include legal expenses under operating costs, as this would result in higher tariffs being approved by the regulator

However, operator's proposal to charge higher tariff during peak hours refused by AERA

AERA's statement and these audit findings come after the collapse of Delhi Airport's Terminal 1 canopy on June 28 last year, which killed a cab driver and injured eight people

The court has overturned the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) order and listed the matter to be heard on merits

The Supreme Court on Friday held the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA), which regulates the aeronautical charges, can file an appeal against the orders of Telecommunications Dispute Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT). A bench comprising Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Justice J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said the appeals filed by AERA against a TDSAT order, which held that the authority cannot impose tariffs on ground and cargo handling services, were maintainable. AERA, the top court said, has a statutory duty to regulate tariff upon a consideration of multiple factors to ensure that airports were run in an economically viable manner without compromising on the interests of the public. "When AERA determines the tariff for aeronautical services in terms of Section 13(1)(a) of the AERA Act, it is acting as a regulator and an interested party. It is interested not in a personal capacity. Its interest lies in ensuring that the concerns of public interest.

Regulator AERA has directed certain airport operators to withdraw additional charges being levied on chartered flight operators and the operators concerned are refunding the additional charges, according to the government. The Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) regulates and approves the tariff cap for ground handling services at major airports in the country. On Monday, Minister of State for Civil Aviation V K Singh told the Rajya Sabha that recently, AERA received complaints from some of the chartered aircraft operators that certain airport operators have increased operational charges relating to handling of chartered flights. "Accordingly, AERA took up the issue with the concerned airport operators for immediate withdrawal of additional charges/making of non-aeronautical services (elite meet and greet services) as a pre-requisite for charter aircraft operations for landing at these airports." "Subsequent to AERA's intervention, concerned airport operator had withdrawn

Airtel IoT to power 300,000 Matter Aera, India's first geared electric motorbike

Flying from Hyderabad airport to get costlier from April 1, 2022

Move to club smaller loss-making AAI-run airports with larger ones being done as it was felt privatising larger airports would leave AAI with only small loss-making airports

The operator had called for the hike in view of Rs 9,800 cr plan, including expansion of a terminal-1, construction of fourth runway

The increase in charges by the airports was allowed by the Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) - the regulatory body which fixes chargers for airports

In the name of reducing the burden on the airport regulator, has the government expanded its own role?

Reducing the ambit of AERA defies logic

AERA determines the airport charges in respect of aeronautical services provided at major airports in the country

AERA plans to outsource the evaluation to an external agency

Currently, domestic fliers from Mumbai are levied a UDF of Rs 274 (excluding service tax) which has now been done away with