Airports facelift cost doubles, users may pay read newspaper headlines. For a minute I said fine, if we need good facilities we need to pay. But haven’t airports in major metros like Mumbai and Delhi been privatized? Precisely!
Expecting passengers to pay as long as the government was solely responsible for the upkeep and upgrade of airports is understandable and justified. But why should the traveler pay even after privatization?
My simple question is will these private players keep records of all those who travel by air and once they start making profits, send dividend checks to us for having contributed to the building and upkeep of their airports? If yes, then please go ahead and charge us. If no, then why and for what are we subsidizing private enterprises?
Aren’t these private players supposed to invest their monies, or borrow monies to grow their businesses? Aren’t their shareholders the ones who should be helping these companies with their finances? The why are ordinary passengers like you and me being asked to pay today for the future profits of these companies and their shareholders with no return for us, the humble passengers?
Aren’t we already paying for the upkeep and development of airports when we purchase tickets that include a host of taxes that are allegedly used for the very purposes that we are now expected to shell out money over and above the ticket price?
I hope that we the passengers rise in protest against this injustice and this post works as the initial call for a passenger war against this illegal practice of airlines and governments. Isn’t it the rule of business that greater the risk, greater the returns. Then why do these companies and the government expect us to fund the future profits of these corporate entities?
We, the passengers, need justice. Is the government listening? Or is it acting out its usual blind, dumb, deaf routine? Dear Prime Minister, we need some answers now.
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