What does UDF stand for?

On the proposal to levy user development fee in Kolkata and Chennai Airport which are being modernised by the Airports Authority of India, Patel said the issue was being referred to the Airport Economics Regulatory Authority for a decision.

The return ticket to Singapore is Rs 16,720, to Kuala Lumpur, Bali and Hong Kong Rs 23,410, to Beijing, Shanghai and Canton Rs 30,770, to Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth Rs 41,310, and to Auckland and Christchurch Rs 44,000 For travel out of Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Delhi airports, additional user development fee of Rs 600, Rs 1,000, Rs 1,070 and Rs 1,300, respectively will apply.

A user development fee charged by the airport authority of AED 93 (INR 1,070) will be collected at Bangalore Airport in cash from all outbound passengers.

However, the bulk revenues will come from aeronautical revenues, of which user development fees (UDF) forms a significant component.

The move also means that the government has forfeited its share of revenue since DIAL has been allowed to levy Airport Development Fees (ADF) and not User Development Fees (UDF).

On the issue of user development fee (UDF), Brunner said, "We are still awaiting a response from the civil aviation ministry.

He said it was too early to say when the consortium would be operating profitably, bcause one of its key revenue streams, the User Development Fee (UDF), was not yet being charged on departing domestic passengers, who constituted almost 85 percent of the airport s traffic.

Replying a question on the Governments recent decision to allow charging of user development fees by the private operator of the new Hyderabad airport, Patel said "We are considering the same for the new airport at Bangalore.