<ul><li>AERA has stated that airport operators cannot force private jet owners to avail meet and greet services and lounge access for securing slots at airports.</li><li>The regulator mentioned that such services should be optional and non-essential, and imposing them as a pre-condition for flight movements is unauthorized and unethical.</li><li>Although the AERA notice did not specify any particular airport, sources indicate that Adani group-run airports were charging this fee on charter flights.</li><li>The Business Aircraft Operators Association welcomed AERA's notice as a step to curb unjustified non-aeronautical charges by certain airport operators and emphasized that non-aeronautical services should not be made a precondition for essential aeronautical services.</li></ul>

Meet & greet service optional, can’t force charters to avail it: AERA tells airports

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