No response from government over ADC amendment proposal, reveals letter from Rao to Waheed
25 Nov 2012, 5:35 PM
Luke Powell
Chairman of Indian infrastructure giant GMR, G M Rao, has reiterated the airport developer’s proposal to exempt Maldivians from paying the contentious airport development charge (ADC), in a personal letter to President Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik.
Rao’s letter, dated November 21 and obtained by Minivan News, proposes that an increased fee of US$28 be levied from all international departing foreign passengers, in order to compensate for an ADC exemption for Maldivian passport holders.
Rao’s letter, sent on November 21, states the importance of the ADC and that the current non-levying of the ADC was benefiting international foreign passengers rather than the government.
“The ADC significantly contributes to the cash flows of [GMR Male International Airport] and undoubtedly, in turn significantly benefits the GoM and the Maldives Airport Company Limited (MACL) by way of concession fee payments.
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