Coronavirus impact: Global airports body asks India to trim airport taxes

The Airport Council International (ACI), which represents 113 airport operators managing 602 airports in 49 countries of the Asia-Pacific and West Asia, has asked the Civil Aviation Ministry to reduce airport taxes on a per passenger basis. It has also asked the Ministry to consider waiving, on a case-by-case basis, the concession fees that the private airport operator has to pay

In a letter to Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, the ACI said the Asia-Pacific has been impacted the most by the Covid-19 outbreak, with 2020 first-quarter passenger traffic volumes 24 per cent below forecast.

Within the Asia-Pacific region, mainland China, Korea and Hong Kong remain the most hit, with sizeable losses in traffic volumes.