Low-cost airports next for India
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Low-cost airports are the next step for the Indian airport industry, a report in the Hindu said.
Budget airports would offer better connectivity, lower costs for airlines and help to reduce congestion at regular airports, according to the report. Such hubs would come as a relief for low-cost carriers, which have been hit by high aviation fuel prices and operational costs and which currently pay the same charges as full service airlines.
“While maintaining all standards and safety norms, these airports are expected to have no baggage conveyor belts, aerobridges and buses for the passengers. These airports shall further the no-frills experience being offered by the low-cost carriers,” according to a study on Indian Airports, conducted by professional services, KPMG.
Cities that already have an operational runway could get a new low-cost terminal, the Hindu report added. At New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, Terminal 1 is expected to be developed as an exclusive terminal for the no-frills carriers by 2010, the KPMG study was quoted saying.
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