Now, airlines charge you for congestion

Mumbai: Kingfisher Airlines will charge a ‘congestion surcharge’ of Rs 150 per ticket on all its flights from December 1. The levy is to offset the cost of fuel burn during delays - ranging between 20 and 45 minutes - which are being experienced because of congestion at the airports. The payout would be in addition to the fuel surcharge of Rs 750.
Kingfisher chairman Vijay Mallya told ET the delays are no longer limited to Mumbai and Delhi airports, but are being experienced almost across the system.
"Kingfisher is in the business to make money and hence, we have decided to introduce this surcharge,” Mr Mallya said.
Mr Mallya said bunching up of flights during peak hours is adding to the problem.
Fuel prices, which had softened in the international markets all through November, have now begun to harden with the onset of winter.
30/11/06 Cuckoo Paul/Economic Times

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