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Air travel to cost more as Modi government moots 2% levy on ticketsSpiceJet CMD Ajay Singh said the cess would not be making a "big difference" in airfares and the 2% levy would help improve regional connec...
Fliers may have to shell out more as Centre mulls 2% cess on air ticketsThe money raised through the cess would be utilised for viability gap funding of domestic carriers operating flights to regional and remote...
PM Narendra Modi directs aviation ministry to improve regional connectivityAnalysts say regional connectivity will not become viable unless the government provides subsidy to fly to these destinations.
Govt may abolish charges on airlines linking small towns: Aviation Minister Ajit SinghIn a bid to encourage air connectivity to small towns, Aviation Ministry is considering doing away with airport and navigation charges for ...
- Coming crisis: growth woes may shrink job market
To scoop out more money, the government is hurting everyone with additional service taxes, airport cesses, new taxes for the hospitality in...
- Deccan revives congestion cess
It is a way of showing who calls the shots. Air Deccan, country’s largest low-cost carrier - in which liquor king Vijay Mallya took 26% sta...
- DGCA’s overtures on pricing unwelcome
Congestion is a big issue in the aviation industry. Its effects can be felt both at the airport terminals and in the air.
- No need for airport devt fee, says Planning Commission
This should provide relief to air passengers already paying a number of surcharges like fuel surcharge, congestion cess, and the passenger ...
- Montek against airport upgrade fee
This should provide a relief to air passengers already paying a number of surcharges like fuel surcharge, congestion cess, and passenger se...
- Now, airport development fee to propel fares higher
It seems the consumer is not always the king when it comes to air travel. Air fares are likely to fly higher with the government planning t...
- Airlines plan sortie against higher airport charges
Airlines are joining ranks against government’s decision to impose higher airport charges in peak hours in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore.
- Travellers to fund unprofitable flights off airline schedules
Airline companies may no longer be forced to fly on uneconomic routes as the government plans to progressively do away with the route dispe...
- Travellers may now fund unviable airports, routes
Air travel may become costlier. The civil aviation ministry is considering imposition of a cess on air travel to fund development of econom...
- Fliers may fund regulatory freedom
The government is in the process of setting up AERA as an independent regulator for airports and a Bill to this effect is expected to be in...
- Regulatory cess can make flying costlier
Competition Commission recommends that AERA should impose a cess on airline cos & operators.
- Airline industry in a flutter as Patel grounds congestion levy
The domestic airline industry appears divided on the just imposed Rs 150-congestion cess by some carriers even as civil aviation minister P...
- Fly ‘n’ fund AIDS policy on the cards
The government is looking at levying a cess on airline tickets to fund HIV/AIDS programmes. This is part of an international idea floated b...