Shirdi airport as a major airport under the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority Act, 20
In a massive development, the Centre has declared The Shirdi airport as a major airport. The Civil Aviation Ministry issued a notification declaring the airport of Shirdi as a major airport under the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority Act, 2008.
Notification says that, “In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (i) of section 2 of the Airports Economic Authority Act, 2008 (NO. 27 OF 2008), the Central government hereby declares the airport of Shirdi as major airport.”
Recently, the DGCA had declared Srinagar International Airport as a major Airport. The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) will determine tariff for aeronautical services at Srinagar airport.
As per Section 13 of the Act, the AERA has been mandated to determine the tariff for the aeronautical services rendered at major airports – the amount of the development fees including user development fee and the amount of the passengers service fee levied under Rule 88 of the Aircraft Rules, 1937 made under the Aircraft Act, 1934.
Under the AERA, the Centre can designate an airport as a major airport only if it has at least 35 lakh annual passenger traffic.
The Central government is also empowered to designate any airport as a major airport by a notification.
For the less major airports, these tariffs are determined by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), which comes under the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
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