The Ministry of Civil Aviation on Thursday announced a 25 per cent reduction in landing and parking charges for domestic airlines for a period of three months, as part of efforts to ease operational costs amid global disruptions in aviation, officials said.

The decision comes in the wake of rising crude prices triggered by the West Asia conflict, which has affected global air operations. Earlier, the government had capped the hike in aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices for domestic carriers at 25 per cent, even as international fuel costs surged sharply.