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Inbound and outbound international passengers would have to pay an
SR87 fee for using airport facilities starting Jan. 1, 2016, ArabNews reported.
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has announced that the fees
would be recovered from airlines. The airlines, presumably will add up this
cost to passenger’s airline tickets.
Originally, KSA airports are collecting SR50 for
terminal fee upon purchase of tickets.
Right now, for each ticket purchased, airline company will collect
additional SR87 for terminal fee, or
SR174 for round trip ticket (arrival and departure in the Kingdom).
On the other hand, Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Civil
Aviation (Gaca) announced that they will begin to privatize the operations of
its airports in the first quarter of 2016, starting with Riyadh’s King Khaled
International airport (KKIA). They are planning to privatize total of 27
airports in the Kingdom, in order to lessen the expenses and deficit due
to lower oil revenues because of the low oil oil price.
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