UDF Introduced For Arriving Passengers At Kempegowda International Airport From Sep 1

BENGALURU: With effect from September 1 this year, travellers from Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), Bengaluru will pay a lower User Development Fee (UDF) under a new tariff structure okayed by Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA). The tariffs approved by AERA are exclusive of applicable taxes.

For those passengers landing at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), AERA introduced a User Development Fee (UDF). As of now, there was no User Development Fee for arriving passengers but the revised tariff a domestic arriving passenger will pay Rs 125 and international arriving passengers pay Rs 426.

The aeronautical tariff approved by AERA for Bengaluru International Airport will cover from September 1 to March 31, 2031. Under the new UDF structure, domestic passengers UDF drop by 45.5 percent and international passengers UDF will fall by Rs 33.5 percent.

As per the new structure approved, for a domestic departing passenger, the User Development Fee is revised from existing Rs 550 to Rs 300 and UDF for an international departing passenger comes down from Rs 1,500 to Rs 997 under the new tariff structure.

However, children below two years, diplomatic passport holders, airline crew on duty and certain passengers travelling on official duty are among passengers exempted from paying User Development Fee (UDF). A transit or transfer passenger travelling onward within 24-hours on the same ticket is also given exemption under the new tariff structure.

Besides, AERA approved a revised structure for aircraft landing charges which also comes into effect from September 1. The landing charge for domestic flights will be Rs 325 per metric tonne and Rs 455 per tonne for international flights landing at Kempegowda International Airport.

The revised tariff order exempts aircraft from landing charges with a maximum certified capacity of less than 80 seats operated by domestic scheduled operators.