The slot charge has been included in Mumbai International Airport Limited's rate revision proposal.
In a slowing Indian market, where intense competition is already squeezing margins, this is evidence of another pressure that consumer electronics firms are dealing with.
The DGCA will concentrate only on technical and safety aspects.
Last Friday, DGCA issued a show cause notice to the airline why its operating permit should not be suspended.
The airline had quit the Mumbai-London route in 2009 because of losses
Any rise in charges has to be approved by the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority, which is examining MIAL's proposal.
Air India Express currently operates 145 daily flights, down from about 200 six months ago.
Etihad and Qatar Airways have held informal talks with Kingfisher and SpiceJet to expand their footprints in India.
Country's scientific community may be at the cusp of securing a Nobel in the physical sciences, says Devijyot Ghoshal
Jayanthi Natarajan's tough stand ensures recognition abroad, but red-tapism & bureaucracy continue to delay approvals in India.
The move comes amid expectations that the government would allow foreign airlines to invest directly in Indian carriers.
Also limits on-flight catering costs at foreign airports to save cost
Designco's sprint from brass mill to mass supplier in high-quality home decor to the likes of Walmart and IKEA showcases the transformational scale of a sourcing shift
When set up in 1993 by the Ranka family's Modern Group, this was the first terry towel manufacturing unit in the whole of Asia, to be followed by Welspun and Trident.
The crowd at the Confederation of Indian Industry's annual general meeting and national conference 2012 merely issued a round of half-hearted applause, though finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had earlier hinted a rate cut was in the offing in the next 'half an hour'.
Aviation companies plan to join hands for importing aviation turbine fuel (ATF) in a bid to bring down their fuel bills.
IATA informed travel agents that they would have to remit the ticket sale proceeds to airlines every week.
Jet Airways, the largest domestic airline, will merge its no-frills brands JetLite and Jet Konnect and operate under the brand name of the latter.
Maharashtra Cabinet changes norms to make present occupiers of slums eligible for rehabilitation.
The 3,000-odd cabin crew of Jet Airways cabin has been asked to take a day's leave without pay each month as a cost-saving exercise.