GMR Infrastructure rose 4.82% to Rs 40.20 after the airports regulator reportedly allowed GMR Hyderabad International Airport to gradually increase user development fee (UDF) from 1 April 2022.
The media reported that the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority has allowed GMR Hyderabad International Airport (GHIAL), which manages Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, to gradually increase UDF on embarking domestic as well as international passengers from 1 April 2022.The AERA reportedly allowed GMR Hyderabad International Airport to increase UDF from the existing Rs 281 to Rs 480 and Rs 393 to Rs 700 for domestic and international passengers respectively from 1 April 2022.
Similarly, the charges will be enhanced up to Rs 750 for domestic and Rs 1500 for international passengers by 31 December 2025. However, the charges will be reduced to Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 for domestic and international passengers for the last three months of the Control period, reports added.
GHIAL is a company promoted as a joint venture comprising the GMR Group (63%) in partnership with Airports Authority of India (AAI) (13%), Government of Telangana (13%) and Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (11%).
GHIAL was mandated to design, finance, build and operate Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad as a world class Greenfield airport on the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model.
Currently Hyderabad Airport handles over 21 million passengers and around 148,000 tons of cargo annually and serves 17 International destinations through 21 International and 3 Indian passenger carriers and has 8 domestic carriers operating to around 53 domestic destinations. In addition to the above, 5 cargo airlines operate dedicated freighter services from Hyderabad Airport.
On a consolidated basis, GMR Infrastructure reported net loss of Rs 317.91 crore in Q1 June 2021 as against net loss of Rs 833.87 crore in Q1 June 2020. Net sales rose 49.89% to Rs 1508.58 crore in Q1 June 2021 over Q1 June 2020.
GMR Infrastructure is a leading global infrastructure conglomerate with interests in airport, energy, transportation and urban infrastructure.
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