Be ready to shell out more for airfares as govt mulls security fee hike

Among them 26 airports, including those in New Delhi and Mumbai, were in the hyper-sensitive category

You may have to shell out more for your next flight, as the government is mulling a proposal to increase security charge on air tickets. Both private airport operators and state-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI) have demanded an increase in passenger service fees after the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) raised an alarm over unpaid dues from airport operators. 

“We are considering a marginal increase in the security component of passenger service fees, after the airport operators submitted that with an exponential growth in passenger numbers, the current charges are not enough to bear the cost of security management