Indian Bizav Group Protests Mumbai Parking Penalties
AINALERTS » JULY 19, 2012 by NEELAM MATHEWS July 19, 2012, 4:25 PM India’s Business Aircraft Operators Association ( BAOA ) is threatening legal action against financial penalties imposed since July 1 by Mumbai International Airport ( MIAL ) on transient aircraft parked at Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport beyond an agreed number of days. The penalty is seven times more than the present cost of parking, BAOA said. The airport, which cannot be expanded beyond its single runway, has been a concern for many years as commercial and business aviation traffic has increased. A second airport is at least seven years away from completion. “We understand there is congestion at Mumbai. However, you cannot arbitrarily impose penalties without consent of the regulator [India’s Airports Economic Regulatory Authority],” BAOA president Rohit Kapur told AIN . “Mumbai has a problem of space....