Hyderabad: First influenced by pandemic, Hyderabad airport operators have been looking for a phase-wise increase in the cost of developing users (UDF) and other Aeronautic charges that began this October, until March 2026.
It proposed to raise the current domestic costs (RS 281) and passengers International (RS 393) respectively to 728 and Rs 2,200 respectively, in this period (see box).
Incidentally, the Airport of the Economic Regulatory Authority (Aera) has cut UDF (Ghial) of the GMR International Airport from Rs 430 (Domestic) and RS 1,700 (International) from April 1, 2020, to the current level.
The proposal for part of the aeronautic rate is higher as a whole – a mixture of UDF and other regulated levies such as allegations of landing and parking – for the third control period (TA 2022-26), has been submitted to Aera for approval.
Regulators, in turn, have searched for comments from the public and stakeholders at the tariff sought by GIAL and thus will determine the tariff.
Bimalang Bimbara also looked for a steep steep phase increase in UDF and other Aero costs.
GMR Group currently does expansion work at existing airports – Delhi and Hyderabad – apart from building Greenfield in Goa.
The capacity of Hyderabad airport is being carried out from the original 1.2 crore passenger per year to more than 3.4 crores.
With air travel that crippled the pandemic since last March, income from all airfares such as airlines, airports, and flight catering was devastated.
“Air travel has been influenced because of the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic and it is very difficult to estimate the possibility of traffic …
ask for authority to enable the medium-term review of interest rates at the end of FY23 based on Th22 and FY23, allowing us to reach and It restored the ARR as proposed in the consultation paper, “said GIALN on July 9, 2021, submission of” Annual Rate Proposal (ATP) for the Third Control Period “for Aera.
“If there is a variation between ARR (aggregate income requirements) where the current rate is done and the final rate approves the ARR by the authority, we ask Aera to allow us to send revised ATP as a change in ARR may require us to process the recovery strategy,” added Regulator.
Hyderabad airport also plans to introduce “variable tariff plans mainly to support the development of new routes, growth of air travel and faster to rise back air traffic.