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NON-AERONAUTICAL REVENUE OF AAI INCREASES

The non-aeronautical revenue of Airports Authority of India (AAI) due to the effort and utilization of various avenues had increased from Rs.819.10 crores in 2010-11 to Rs.1241 crores in 2013-14 making a growth of about 52 per cent in 3 years, Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (Civil Aviation), informed Lok Sabha.
AAI had already introduced various new concepts to increase the non-aeronautical potential like introduction of Master Concessionaire in the field of F&B, Duty free shops and advertisement, Express Courier Terminal and Common User Cargo Terminal.

Efforts have been made by AAI to exploit various avenues for increasing the non-aeronautical revenue over the past few years. As a part of initiative, area utilized for non-aeronautical services has been increased by more than 10% per year for most of the airports. At Chennai Airport, the area under non-aeronautical services has been increased from 23119 Sqm in 2010-11 to 42996 Sqm in 2013-14. Similarly, at Kolkata Airport, the area under non-aeronautical services/revenue has been increased from 49668 sqm. to 600029 sqm. in 2013-14. In case of Trivandrum Airport, the increase in non-aeronautical areas is from 3217 sqm in the year 2010-11 to 4029 sqm. in the year 2013-14.


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