SPICEJET DELAYS DELIVERY OF THREE BOMBARDIER AIRCRAFT
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New Delhi,India : The decision of Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) to raise airport and user development charges steeply has found its first casualty in low-cost carrier SpiceJet, which has postponed the delivery of three of the seven Bombardier Q 400 aircraft it was to receive.
The airline had planned to make Delhi its hub for the three aircraft, from where it would fly various destinations in the North, but it says the raised charges made it change its mind.
To a question on how the increase in airport charges had impacted the airline, its CEO, Neil Mills, says: “We were going to receive all seven Bombardier aircraft soon, but to begin with, we have taken only four for Delhi and want to see how it goes. The earlier plan was to take the risk of fielding the seven machines from the Delhi airport. But now, with the user development fees (UDF) as a proportion of tariff becoming so high in the short-haul sector, there is too much risk sitting on the company.”
13/09/2012 : Surajeet Das Gupta & Disha Kanwar / Business Standard.
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