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Nimish
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 Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:08 pm Post subject: Peak hour charges plan dropped |
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From: http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1084672
(got the lead from A.net Indian aviation thread!)
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The biggest relief that has come the carriers’ way is the rollback of the civil aviation ministry’s proposal to hike peak hour airport charges.
“The minister has said that there will be no increase in the peak hour (which would be two hours in the morning and two hours in the evening) airport charges. He said that since the Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore airports have reached full capacity during the rush hours, no more slots would be allotted,” informed SpiceJet Ltd CEO and chairman Siddhanta Sharma.
But even as the civil aviation ministry has backtracked on the hike of peak hour charges, it will be going ahead with its plan to incentivise airlines operating flights during non-peak hours.
The government will be coming out with a clear policy on this after some regulatory issues on pilot and inflight crew duty hours are sorted out.
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However, Patel could not give his word on the extension of exemption on the withholding taxes on leased aircraft and engines and giving ATF the status of a declared good.
“The minister cannot take a decision on that as it does not come under the civil aviation ministry, it has to be referred to the finance ministry,” said Coimbatore-based Paramount Airlines managing director M Thiagarajan said.
But the airline industry is not complaining. It is just happy to have come to some sort of understanding with the ministry.
“The ministry is supporting us. Our relationship with the minister is fine-tuned. The civil aviation ministry is in a bind with other ministries, which consider airlines as big fat cats that do not need concessions. But the situation has changed today. We are no longer in the days of Jet Airways and Indian Airlines, when airlines made huge profits,” said Sharma.
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sri_bom
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:07 am Post subject: |
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Indian Government has reportedly decided to freeze the number of domestic services permitted to operate to Delhi and Mumbai airports in peak hours at current levels over the next seven months, to deal with growing congestion (Hindu Business Line, 19-Mar-07). A decision on what constitutes “peak hours” will be made shortly.
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Birendra
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:12 am Post subject: |
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It seems that no additional flights will be permitted.
All carriers will have to use the same as winter schedule. Generally there is a move by many airlines to jump schedules and make a quick buck by deploying more additional flights, but the MCA has warned against it. |
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stealthpilot
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| Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:10 am Post subject: |
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The obvious long term solution is to increase capacity instead of capping capacity.
Now given that the slots are full and no more flights are allowed during those hours (whatever they decide) -that should be an indirect advantage for airlines already flying because it should help their load factors correct?
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VABBy
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| Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:13 am Post subject: |
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true bt i also heared airlines wud be scrappin their congestion charge soon
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Nimish
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| Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:12 am Post subject: |
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In a related news, the DGCA has been rejecting a few of the new flights proposed by airlines:
From: http://www.indianairlinesblog.com/2007/03/dgca-finalises-summer-schedule-for-carriers/
| Quote: | Bangalore: The Directorate General Of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has rejected one out of every six proposals for aircraft movements in and out of Mumbai as part of the confirmation process for the new summer schedule. As it stands, the DGCA has rejected more than 70 movements in and out of Mumbai, the bulk of which were requests for extra flights.
Kingfisher Air, with 28 requests struck down, has received the largest number of rejections, leaving it with just 70 movements into and out of Mumbai. It had made a request for 98 movements. Despite the large number of rejections, Kingfisher will have double the number of slots out of Mumbai during rush hours this summer, as compared to budget carrier Air Deccan, which has had 19 of the 54 movements applied for rejected. Air Deccan will now manage with just 35 movements.
Top domestic operator Jet Airways will operate 164 movements out of Mumbai this summer, the maximum number amongst all domestic operators, as only eight of its 172 movements were rejected.
Low-cost carrier GoAir will have 29 movements as the DGCA has struck down six of the 35 it had filed for. Other LCCs, SpiceJet and IndiGo, have had two movements each struck off and will operate 23 and 10 movements respectively out of Mumbai.
Details for Indian and Air Sahara were not immediately available. |
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