Vizag International Airport

arvind.soochow · Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Posts: 29

Airport panel meet today

Staff Reporter

VISAKHAPATNAM: The meeting of the Airport Advisory Committee will be held at the residence of Visakhapatnam MP N. Janardhan Reddy here on Friday. Dr. Reddy, who heads the committee, will review the progress with regard to construction of new terminal building and efforts to increase the operation by deploying more naval personnel. Airport Traffic Controller C. Pattabhi, who is the panel’s convener, and senior officials will attend.

Sir · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 12:45 am Post subject: Vizag Ahead!

Govt to seek annual fee from successful bidders of non-metro airports

In a departure from the method followed for modernisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports, the Government will seek an annual fee which will accelerate by a fixed per cent every few years from the successful bidders selected for modernisation of 24 non-metro airports.

In Delhi and Mumbai, the Government had decided on the successful bidders on the basis of the highest revenue share offered.

This led to allegations that the method was flawed and that the Government did not pay enough attention to details while deciding on the successful bidders.

Official sources said another reason for deciding on the revenue share route for the non-metro airports was to avoid a situation where the winning bidder set up a number of subsidiaries and refuse to share the incomes from them with the Government.

The development process is expected to be set in motion soon with the Government planning to issue the request for proposals for the two airports at Udaipur and Amritsar early next week.

At the moment, the Government plans to award the contract for all the 24 airports within six months of awarding the contracts for Udaipur and Amritsar, officials said.

The non-metro airports, which will be developed include those in Tiruchi, Visakhapatnam, Thiruvananthapuram, Madurai, Mangalore, Agatti, Coimbatore, Patna and Port Blair.

At these airports, the Government will ensure that passengers are not saddled with high costs by stipulating the airport passenger entry fee and the car parking charges that the new operator can charge.

The Government will also notify how these tolls will escalate, thereby, ensuring that the operators’ revenue stream also does not suffer.

While the operator will have a free hand in the terminal building, the Government has mandated that there be vending machines for both food and drinks to ensure a low-cost option for those not wanting to pay huge amounts for sitting and eating or drinking in an airport restaurant, officials said.
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arvind.soochow · Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Posts: 29

SpiceJet to issue 3 lakh tickets at Rs. 3 each

Special Correspondent

VISAKHAPATNAM: SpiceJet, India’s preferred low – frills airline, has announced a unique offer of three lakh tickets at a special price of Rs.3 per ticket on the occasion of its third anniversary celebrations.

Booking for this special promotion opened on Friday and will continue till the tickets are sold out. Tickets bought will be valid for travel from July 1 to September 21 this year on all flights covering all destinations, according to a release. The offer is available on tickets booked with SpiceJet call centre (1800 180 3333 / 0987 180 3333), SpiceJet booking counters and SpiceJet website – www.spicejet.com

Announcing special offer, SpiceJet chief commercial officer Samyukth Sridharan said in the last three years, the airline had flown over 8.1 million across all its destinations to achieve over 10.3 per cent market share in the domestic aviation market. This special promotion was a way of thanking the customers for their support, he stated.

ved · Telugu Veera Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 2069

The ticket is Rs 3, but the tax (including fuel tax ) is Rs 2400. The other day I try to book one way ticket from Vizag to Hyderabad and it was Rs 2400/ ticket. It may be still cheaper than other airlines but not a whole lot.