A new resolution to charge passengers a fee for using Dubai Airports facilities has been approved by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, said a report.

As per the resolution, every passenger leaving the UAE from any of Dubai’s airports, including transit passengers, will be charged Dh35 as a service fee for using airport facilities, said a report in WAM.

Passengers. aged between two years as well as those who have same arrival and departure flights, and cabin crew will be exempted from paying the fee.

The service fee will be collected by airlines while issuing tickets, whether in the UAE or outside the country, effective this month for flights departing Dubai’s airports after 30 June 2016. The collected fees will be transferred to Dubai Airports, and subsequently to the Dubai Government public treasury, the report said.

The resolution aims to improve Dubai’s airport infrastructure and boost its capacity, which is set to reach 100 million passengers by 2023, as well as support expansion projects such as the state-of-the-art Concourse D at Dubai International Airport, the expansion of Terminal 2 and the renovation of Terminal 1, it said.