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Airlines to bear double whammy of Service tax and ATF price hike

02 Mar 2015 Evaluate

It’s going to be double whammy for the Indian aviation sector, while the Union Budget of 2015-16 has made the air travel costlier by proposing hike in service tax from 12.36 per cent to 14 per cent for travel by air in first and business class; however it will be applicable only for tickets purchased in India. The price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) has been hiked by steep 8.2 per cent for airlines, hit hard by fuel costs. However, the rate hike follows seven consecutive monthly cuts since August. ATF price had been cut by Rs 23,648.73 or 33 per cent in seven reductions since August 2014. Jet fuel, which constitutes over 40 per cent of an airline’s operating costs are surely going to increase the financial burden of cash-strapped carriers.

Meanwhile Air India has been allocated Rs 2,500 crore as equity infusion during the year in the budget. As part of a turnaround and financial restructuring plan approved by the government in 2012, Air India will get equity infusion of Rs 30,000 crore till 2021.

In other budgetary allocation for the sector, Airports Authority of India has been provided with Rs 80 crore out of which Rs 22 crore has been allocated for Pakyong airport project in Sikkim. Also, the civil aviation regulator ‘Directorate General of Civil Aviation’ has been allocated Rs 50 crore to carry out its plan schemes under the overall budget of Rs 5,360.95 for the Civil Aviation Ministry and the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security has been allocated Rs 40 crore.

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