NEW DELHI: The Aviation Ministry has formed a committee to rationalise additional taxes that airlines have to pay while uplifting Air Turbine Fuel (ATF) at airports across India, according to senior government officials.
Currently, airlines have to pay charges such as ‘throughput charges’, ‘into plane charges’ and ‘fuel infrastructure charges’ when they take ATF at any airport for their planes. “These charges are taxed multiple times as they are billed in a circuitous manner,” said a senior government official.
A second government official said that to develop a direct billing mechanism between airline companies and airport operators – so that these multiple taxes can be removed – the Ministry of Civil Aviation has formed a committee comprising representatives from airlines, airport operators, oil companies, among others.
