Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (INIA) operator GMR, India has said that the USD25 to be charged from every departing passenger would continue to be deducted from the concession fee payable to the government, until the Parliament passes a law in relation to the matter. A hand book released by the company stated that following the court order against charging USD25 from each departing passenger as Airport Development Charge (ADC), it would respect the points entailed within the agreement made with the Maldives Airport Company Limited (MACL).
To that end, GMR said that it had been agreed to deduct the amount from the concession fee payable to the government.
The company further noted that charging ADC was a custom of many airports around the world while stressing that the designated amount being charged from INIA was quite reasonable.
GMR revealed that the government along with MACL had decided to submit a bill to the Parliament with regard to charging ADC. The company added that till the bill is passed by the Parliament, it would continue to charge the amount from international passengers.
GMR has also claimed that in order to bring INIA up to international standards, many passengers had no objection or were willing to pay the ADC.
The company further said that a lot had been done to fulfill the promises made to the people of the Maldives.
"We have been the highest revenue generators to GoM in the first two years, contributed more than USD111 million," GMR said.
GMR highlighted that during the 25 year period of INIA operation, the government would receive USD2 billion as concession fee.
Meanwhile, MACL had ordered GMR to pay the USD8.2 million immediately which had been deducted by GMR from the concession fee payable to the government for the last three months.
MACL Managing Director Mohamed Ibrahim revealed that GMR had been earlier informed that the letter from the former Chairman approving the airport operator to omit the USD25 from every departing passenger had been declared null and void.
However, GMR had informed MACL that the letter was valid and would continue to follow it accordingly.
Mohamed Ibrahim further said that the agreement made between MACL and GMR would clearly state that the MVR126 million deducted by GMR was a compulsory amount payable to the government.
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