NATTA, after having compiled the suggestions from its general members, has sent a list of concrete suggestions to Civil Aviation Authority Nepal (CAAN) in regard to proper utilization of Airport Development Fee (B6 Tax) of Rs. 1000 per passenger flying on international flights effective from 17th July instant.
NATTA suggestions to CAAN include the demand to maintain the accounts of the tax collected in a transparent way and get the accounts audited annually and make the same public through media. NATTA has also suggested utilizing the fund collected in sustainable construction of TIA runway and operating TIA round the clock. As NATTA agents would be responsible for collecting the tax, there ought to be representation of NATTA in Airport Infrastructure Development Committee and other committees pertaining to overall development of all airports in the country. NATTA has further suggested that the Fee collected as B6 Tax should be invested in expansion of the spaces within and outside the main airport complex and in facilitating the passengers categorically with special provisions for the national, international, diplomatic, commercial, disabled, sick, elderly and infants.
