The Government of Goa on 14th October 2021 has published the “International Charter Support (Waiver of Landing Fees) Scheme, 2021” which provides relaxation in landing charges of International Charters to Goa in order to attract higher number of charters and benefit overall Goa tourism industry.
International air chartering is the business of renting an entire aircraft (i.e., chartering) as opposed to individual aircraft seats by the charter operators. International charters coming to Goa, paying the landing charges to the Indian Navy, Dabolim Airport are eligible for the scheme.
The scheme is applicable on first come first serve basis as per the application received by Department of Tourism from charters, until the budget is exhausted.
The scheme shall be availed by International charters landing in Goa, Scheduled international charters and Business/corporate charters with a minimum of 100 pax aircraft configuration, excluding airline crew.
Financial support to be granted in a financial year shall be decided by the Department of Tourism as per the availability of funds and it shall exercise reasonable economy and observe all instructions on financial propriety as issued by the Government from time to time while incurring the expenditure.
