Date: 2016-04-01Category: AICState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
Continuation of existing tariffs for Aeronautical Services in respect of RGI Airport, Hyderabad, KIA, Bengaluru, Cochin airport, AAI (major airports) and Independent Service Providers beyond 31.03.2016
**Executive Summary**
This AIC, issued by the Director General of Civil Aviation on April 1, 2016, disseminates the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) order No. 50/2015-16 dated March 16, 2016. The order allows Airport Operators (AOs) and Independent Service Providers at specified major airports to continue charging existing tariffs for aeronautical services until September 30, 2016, or until new tariffs for the second control period are determined, whichever is earlier. ISPs/AOs had to submit their MYTP to the Authority no later than 31.03.2016, or the interim arrangement would not be effective.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Tariff Continuation:**
* Airport Operators (AOs) of RGI Airport (Hyderabad), KIA (Bengaluru), Cochin Airport, AAI (major airports) and Independent Service Providers may continue to charge tariffs as prevalent on March 31, 2016.
* The continued tariffs are for aeronautical services at the mentioned major airports.
* **Duration of Continuation:**
* The permission to continue existing tariffs is effective from April 1, 2016.
* The continuation is valid for six months, i.e., until September 30, 2016, or until the determination of tariffs for the second control period, whichever is earlier.
* **MYTP Submission Requirement:**
* This interim arrangement is subject to the condition that concerned ISPs/AOs have submitted their Multi-Year Tariff Proposal (MYTP) to the Authority as per the stipulated Guidelines.
* MYTP submission deadline was March 31, 2016. Failure to comply with the same will mean the interim arrangement will not be effective as levy of fee in respect of aeronautical services w.e.f 01.04.2016.
* **AERA Functions:**
* AERA has certain functions in respect of major airports. This includes: (a) to determine the tariff for the aeronautical services; (b) to determine the amount of the development fees in respect of major airports; (c) to determine the amount of the passengers service fee levied under rule 88 of the Aircraft Rules, 1937 made under the Aircraft Act, 1934; and (d) to monitor the set performance standards relating to quality, continuity and reliability of service as may be specified by the Central Government or any authority authorised by it in this behalf.
* **Order Compliance:**
* The Airport Operators (AOs) must ensure compliance with the Order in respect of Independent Service Providers at their respective major airports.
**Impact Analysis**
**Airport Operators (AOs) of HIAL, BIAL, CIAL, AAI (major airports)**
* **Impact:** They can continue to charge existing tariffs, providing revenue continuity.
* **Action Required:** Ensure compliance of the Order in respect of the Independent Service Providers at their respective major airports.
**Independent Service Providers (ISPs)**
* **Impact:** They can continue to provide aeronautical services at existing tariffs.
* **Action Required:** Comply with the Order to submit MYTP to AERA by the stipulated deadline (March 31, 2016) to continue aeronautical services under the current tariffs.
**AERA**
* **Impact:** They have to follow the 3 stage process mentioned in the document and stipulated in the Guidelines.
* **Action Required:** Review the tariff submissions, determine tariffs for the second control period, and communicate decisions to stakeholders.
**Ministry of Civil Aviation**
* **Impact:** N/A
* **Action Required:** N/A
Key Entities Referenced
Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Act, 2008: The Act establishing and empowering the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) to regulate tariffs and other economic aspects of major airports in India.
Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA): The regulatory body responsible for determining tariffs for aeronautical services at major airports in India, as per the AERA Act, 2008.
New Delhi: Location where AERA and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation are located.
RGI Airport, Hyderabad, KIA, Bengaluru, Cochin Airport, AAI (major airports): List of major airports where the tariff regulations apply.
Ministry of Civil Aviation: Parent ministry that issued a letter related to this AIC
Teleohone No :4622495 SL. No. 0212016
Telegraphic Address: AE ION
Commercial: AIRCIVIL
NEW DELHI SERVICES
Aeronautical . VIDDYAYX DIRECTOR GENERAL OF CIVIL 1"t April, 2016
E-Mail: dri@dqca.delhi. nic in AVIATION
Fax 0114629221
OPPOSITE SAFDARJUNG AIRPORT
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The AIC is issued for dissemination of the decision contained in the Ministry of Civil
Aviation's letter No. AV.20036 l1gt2o13-AD dated 3',1 .03.201 6'
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01t04t2016 or till determination of tariffs for second control period whichever is earlier'[P.No. AERA/20019/CGF-G/2010-u/VoI-VII]
Airports Economic Regulatory Authority ofIndia
Order No. 50/2015-16
AERA Building,
Administrative Complex,
Safdarjung Airport,
New Dclhi-110003
Date ofOrder: 16th March, 2016
Date ofIssue: 31st March, 2016
In the matter of Economic Regulation of aeronautical services Provided by
Airport Operators/Service Providers ofCargo facility, Ground Handling and
supply of fuel to the aircraft - Interim Arrangement for the Second Control
Period Commencing l stAp ril, 2016.
Pursuant to enactment of the "The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of
India Act, 2008" (hereinafter referred as the 'Act') and establishment of the Airports
Economic Regulatory Authority (hereinafter referred as the 'Authority'), the Authority is
to perform the following functions in respect of major airports:
(a) to determine the tariff for the aeronautical services;
(b) to determine the amount of the development fees III respect of major
airports;
(c) to determine the amount of the passengers service fee levied under rule 88
of the Aircraft Rules, 1937 made under the Aircraft Act, 1934; and
(d) .to monitor the set performance standards relating to quality, continuity and
reliability of service as may be specified by the Central Government or any
authority authorised by it In this behalf.
2 .1 As per Section 2 (a) of the Act, any service provided inter alia "for the landing,
housing or parking of an aircraft or any other ground facility offered in connection with
aircraft operations at an airport"; "for ground safety services at an airport"; "for ground
handling services relating to aircraft, passengers and cargo at an airport"; "for the cargo
facility at an airport"; and "for supplying fuel to the aircraft at an airport" are
aeronautical services.
2.2 The Authority vide Direction No. 4/2010-11 dated 10.01.2011 issued Guidelines
for determination of tariff for Independent Service providers providing Cargo, Ground
Handling and Supply of Fuel to the aircraft at the major airports. Similarly, the
Authority, vide Direction No. 5/2010-11 dated 28.2.2011 issued the Guidelines for
determination of tariff for Airport Operators. These Guidelines stipulate the timeline for
submission of the Multi Year Tariff Proposal and Annual Tariff Proposals and
accordingly, the Service Providers/ Airport Operators submitted their proposals in
respect of the first control period.
Order No. 50/2015-16 Page 1 of72.3 The Authority, vide letter dated 28.01.2016 informed the ISPs/ Airport Operators
that the 2 lld Control Period shall commence from '1s t April 2016 and the cut-off date for
submission of the MYTP is 01.03.2016 (except for DIAL & MIAL). The Independent
Service Providers/Airport Operators were further informed that they are required to
submit to the Authority for its consideration a Multi Year Tariff Proposal in the form and
manner as specified in the Guidelines and the Annual Tariff Proposal for 2016-17 would
also require to be submitted along with the MYTP for the Authority'S consideration.
However, pursuant to familiarization meeting held on 19.02.2016, the time line for
submission of MYTP was extended upto 10.03.2016.
2-4 As stipulated in the Guidelines, the Authority shall follow a three stage process for
determining its approach to the regulation of a regulated service - (i) Materiality
Assessment; (ii) Competition Assessment; (iii) Assessment of reasonableness ofthe User
Agreements between the service providers and the users of the regulated services. Based
on the outcome of the aforesaid assessment; the Authority would either decide to apply
light touch regulation or an intrusive price cap approach to the concerned service
, provider. This assessment would be made on the basis of information furnished in the
MYTP. Hence, MYTP with all stipulated information/documents as laid down in the
Guidelines (Appendix I, AI. 2), is required to be submitted by all service providers
irrespective ofwhethertheywould be covered bylighttouch regulation otherwise.
0'1'
2.5 Further certain amendment/decisions of the Authority, as an outcome of
discussions during stakeholder consultation held on 14.12.2015 were communicated to
ISPs/AOs as below:
(i) Submission of Annual Compliance Statements in respect of earlier tariff years is a
mandatory requirement for processing of MYTP/ATP for the second control
period.
(ii) Materiality Index for the 2 nd control period sha11 be assessed on the basis of the
latest available AAl statistics. As on date, the data is available for the financial
year 2014-15 and the same has been taken as the base year for calculating the
Materiality Index.
(iii) Conversion shall be based on the Exchange Rate as on 1st and 16th of every month
for bills/operations during ist and IInd fortnight respectively.
(iv) Evidence in the form of approval/authorization from the airport operator IS
mandatory for submission of tariff proposal.
(v) The proposal of Authority to cap the royalty payable to airport operator by the
ISPs around 20% of gross turnover as a pass through expenditure is under
consideration of Authority and appropriate decision in this regard as and when
taken through stakeholder consultation will be duly communicated to all the
stakeholders.
3. Subsequent to the above, tariff submissions have been received from various
service providers on the online application created by Authority on the website
www.aera.gov.in by the stipulated time line and grant of further time to certain service
providers based on their request. The submissions received from various service
providers would now require to be downloaded/analysed before submission to the
Authority for further consideration of the tariff proposal and issue of Multi Year Tariff
Order (MYTO) / Annual Tariff Order which will involve a timeline of a minimum of 5-6
months. ~l1jORDER
4. Upon careful consideration of material available on record, the Authority, in
exercise of powers conferred by Section 13(1) (a) of the Airports Economic Regulatory
Authority of India Act, 2008, hereby orders that:
(1) In order to avoid any regulatory vacuum, the Airport Operators (AOs) of
I-IIAL, BIAL, CIAL, AAI (major airports) and Independent Service
Providers providing aeronautical services at the above mentioned major
airports may continue to charge the tariffs as prevalent on 31.03.2016 for
a period of 6 months w.e.f. 01.04.2016 or till determination of tariffs for
the second control period whichever is earlier.
(ii) This interim arrangement would be subject to the condition that the
concerned ISPs/AOs have submitted their MYl'P to the Authority U3 per
the stipulated Guidelines in any case not later than 31.03.2016. In case
any service provider fails to comply with the same, the interim
arrangement of such a service providerfs) will cease to be effective as the
levy of fee in respect of aeronautical services w.e.f. 01.04.2016, i.e. the start
of the control period, without the 'previous approval of the Authority,
would be a contravention of the provisions of the Act, which is punishable
under Section 38 of the Act.
(iii) The Airport Operator may also ensure compliance of the Order in respect
of the Independent Service Providers at the respective major airports.
By the Order ofand in the
Narne ofthe Authority
(Joy Kuriakose)
Deputy Chief
To
1. Airports Authority ofIndia,
Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan,
New Delhi.
(Through: Shri S. Raheja, Chairman)
2. Cochin International Airport Pvt. Ltd,
Nedumbassery, Kochi Airport P.O.,
Ernakulam - 683 111,
Kerala.
(Through: Shri V.J. Kurian, lAS, Managing Director)
Order No. 50/2015-16 Page 3 of73. GMR Hyderabad International Airport Pvt. Ltd.,
GMR Aero Towers, 4th Floor,
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport,
Shamshabad,
Hyderabad - 500 409.
(Through: Shri SGK Kishore, ChiefExecutive Officer)
4. Bangalore International Airport Pvt. Ltd.,
Alpha-a, Administration Block,
Kempegowda International Airport,
Devanahalli,
Bangalore - 560 300.
(Through: Shri G.V. Sanjay Reddy, Chairman & Managing Director)
5. Indian Oil Skytanking Pvt. Ltd.,
Fuel Farm Facility, .
Benguluru International Airport,
Devenahalli,
Bengluru,
Karnataka - 560300
(Through: Shri Doraiswaniy Ganesh, CFO & Company Secretary)
6. Mumbai Aviation Fuel Farm Facility Private Limited,
CSI Airport, Opp, ITC Maratha,
Sahar Police Station Road,
Andheri (E),
Mumbai,
Maharashtra-aoooqo
(Through: Smt. Geeta Venkatesh Iyer, ChiefFinancial Officer)
7. Bharat Stars Services (P) Ltd.,
Plot No. A-S86, First Floor,.
Sector-a, Noida
(Through: Shri Akash Tiwari, ChiefExecutive Officer)
8. Delhi Aviation Fuel Facility Pvt. Ltd.,
Aviation Fuelling Station,
Shahbad Mohammad Pur,
IGI Airport, Near Sector - 8,
Dwarka Metro, New Delhi-110061.
(Through: Shri Prabin Dhokania, ChiefFinancial Officer )
9. M/s Kerala State Industrial Enterprises Ltd.
St. Joseph Press Building, Cotton Hill,
Trivandrum - 695014
(Through: Shri Saji Basheer, Managing Director)
10. M/s Rajasthan Small Scale Industries Corporation Ltd.,
Udyog Bhawan,
TilakMarg,
C' Scheme, J aipur.
(Through: Shri Dinesh M.N. IPS, Managing Director)
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Order No. 50/2015-16 Page 4 of711. GSEC Limited,
2nd Floor, Gujarat Chambers,
Ashram Road, Ahmedabad - 380 009.
(Through: Shri Samir Mankad, Executive Director)
12. Air India SATS Airfreight Services
Cargo Warehouse 2,
Bangalore International Airport,
Devanahalli, Bengaluru- 560 300.
(Through: Shri Henry Christopher, Senior Vice - President)
13. Menzies Aviation Bobba (Bangalore) Limited,
Plot No. C-04L,
Kempegowda International Airport,
Devanhalli, Bangalore 560 300
s-
Karnataka,
(Through: Shri K. Venkata Reddy, ChiefExecutive Officer)
14. Air India SATS Airport Services Pvt. Ltd.,
B-1101 & 1102, Lotus Corporate Park,
Off. Western Express Highway,
Goregaon (East),
Mumbai -400 063.
(Through: Shri Hoa Kai Ee, Senior Vice-President - (Commercial»
15. Celebi Delhi Cargo Terminal Management (I) Private Limited.,
Management (I) Private Limited.,
Import Building - II, Room No. CE-01,
IGI Airport, New Delhi -110037
(Through: Shri Ramesh Mamidala, ChiefExecutive Officer)
16, Delhi Cargo Service Centre India Pvt. Ltd,
B-201, Polaris offMarol, Maroshi Road,
Marol, Andheri East,
Mumbai -400059,
Maharashtra
(Through: Shri Harish Krishna Shetty, ChiefFinancial Officer)
17. Cargo Service Centre India Pvt. Ltd,
B-201, Polaris offMarol,
Maroshi Road,
Marol Andheri (E),
Mumbai - 400059.
(Through: Shri Harish Krishna Shetty, ChiefFinancial Officer)
18. Hyderabad Menzies Air Cargo Pvt. Ltd.,
Administrative Office, Air Cargo Terminal,
RGI Airport, Shamshabad,
Hyderabad - 500 409.
(Through: Shri Ravinder Bolangady, ChiefFinancial Officer)
Order No. 50/2015-16 Page 5 of?19. CONCOR Air Limited,
B-201, Polaris OffMarol
Maroshi Road, Marol
Andheri (E)
Mumbai-400059
(Through: Shri Harish Krishna Shetty, ChiefFinancial Officer)
20. Express Industry Council ofIndia (EICI),
501, Crystal Centre, Raheja Vihar,
OffChandivali Farm Road,
Powai, Mumbai - 400072.
(Through: Shri Vijay Kumar, ChiefOperating Officer)
21. Menzies Bobba Ground Handling Services Pvt. Ltd.,
Ground Support Equipment Building,
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport,
Shamshabad, Ranga Reddy Dist.,
Hyderabad - 500 409.
(Through: Shri Suresh Pillai, ChiefEX,ecutive Officer)
22. Mis. Bhadra International (India) Ltd.,
B-4/62, Safdarjung Enclave,
New Delhi - 110 029.
(Through: Shri Prem Bajaj, Director)
23. Mis Globe Ground India Pvt. Ltd.,
E-9, Connaught House,
Connaught Place,
New Delhi - 110 001
(Through: Shri Sanjay Savant, ChiefFinancial Officer)
24. Air India SATS Airport Services Pvt. Ltd.,
B-1101 & 1102, Lotus Corporate Part,
Off. Western Express Highway,
Goregaon (East),
Mumbai -400 063.
(Through: Shri Hoa Kai Ee, Senior Vice-President -(Commercial»
25. Bird-Worldwide Flight Service (I) Private Ltd.,
Bird Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd.,
E-9 Block, Connaught House,
Connaught Place, New Delhi - 110 001.
(Through: Shri Anurag Srivastava,Sr. General Manager)
26. Cambata Aviation Pvt. Ltd.,
Line Maintenance Block-A,
IGI Airport, 'I'errninal-a,
New Delhi-raoogv
(Through: Mr. Pat Casserly, ChiefOperating Officer)
Order No. 50/2015-16 Page 6of7
.:27. Celebi NAS Airport Services India Pvt. Ltd.
Room No. CE-Ol, Import Building - II,
International Cargo Terminal,
IGI Airport, New Delhi - 110037
(Through: Mr. Cem Sensoz, ChiefExecutive Officer)
28. Mis Celebi Ground Handling Delhi Pvt. Ltd.,
CE-oS, First Floor, Import Building,
International Cargo Terminal,
IGI Airport,
New Delhi - 110037
(Through: Mr. Cern Sensoz, ChiefExecutiveOfficer)
Order No. 50/2015-16 Page 7 of7