Saturday, December 31, 2011

Fare hike for air travellers

KARACHI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has imposed new taxes and increased already existing taxes and the latest hike will be effective from Sunday (Jan 1, 2012), private news channal has learnt. According to sources, international passengers will be paying up to Rs1,720 additionally while domestic travellers will be paying Rs200 additionally. The increase is applicable even to the tickets purchased earlier if the journey starts on or after Sunday (Jan 1, 2012). The sources said that the new taxes included infrastructure development charges, security charges and airport tax. They said that keeping in view the continuous fall of the value of the rupee the new charges imposed on international passengers were in dollars....