CIVIL AVIATION Losing Authority SAGNIK DUTTA in New Delhi

The Airports Authority of India becomes another victim of the government’s obsession with “modernisation” and privatisation.

Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi. Privatisation has made the airport one of the costliest in the world. In a major embarrassment to the government and the private developers of Delhi’s international airport, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) recently slammed the airport regulator for allowing an exorbitant 346 per cent increase in the user development fees (UDF) to be levied on passengers. Click to read on:

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