Gatwick airport to introduce £5 charge to drop off passengers from 2021

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• Doug M says:

  14 Oct14 October 10:08

  I love articles like this. It’s like dipping a toe into Daily Mail world. Cue Race to the Bottom, Rip-Off Britain, I’ll vote with my wallet/feet.

  • Derek Roger Jones says:

    14 Oct14 October 11:39

    Try walking abroad.

    • The real John says:

      14 Oct14 October 14:51

      If we could walk (or perhaps cycle) through the chunnel I wouldn’t mind doing it.

• Courgette Crumble says:

  14 Oct14 October 11:49

  Ah, this old chestnut. Pick up and drop off charges. A great little strategy to get some extra EBITDA through the door. Of course almost all the UK regionals have been doing this for years. Gatwick never needed to…until now. MAN introduced it a few years ago and made a killing from it before COVID. A classic UK / British approach i.e. make incremental money by “monetising the basics.”

  • Lady London says:

    14 Oct14 October 15:40

    Ripoff Britain – welcome.

    It’s even insulting when they claim all these ripoff are for the latest trendy reason they xan grab.

    What was it this time….. elf’n’safety? security? or the latest, Covid whatever.

    This aspect of Britain and its greedy government-sanctioned capitalists make me sick.

    • Nick_C says:

      14 Oct14 October 15:46

      Never had you down as a Socialist LL.

      So when you get your £50 from Metro Bank, which good cause will you be giving it to? 😉

      Although if you are saying the Airports should not have been privatised, I agree with you.

      • Lady London says:

        14 Oct14 October 15:57

        I’ve had to put up with a parade of ineptness by Metro Bank – charming though they are – so I went for it as some offset to the consequences.

• Max says:

  14 Oct14 October 12:22

  Surely Gatwick should be encouraging passengers to use its airport. This approach does the opposite.

• zebrum says:

  14 Oct14 October 13:57

  If they really wanted to solve congestion they’d build a free cellphone lot in a nearby field like USA airports. NCP can’t let that happen.

• Peter North says:

  14 Oct14 October 15:21

  Personally, I think given the troubling times we are going through its only fair to charge, The airports have to claw it back somewhere, I would advocate at least £10. I know parking at Gatwick is free, but I would rather sit in my S class and pay a tenner rather than get crammed into a covid infested bus.

  • Nick_C says:

    14 Oct14 October 15:52

    You may end up on a Covid infested plane though, for far longer than the shuttle bus journey. Unless you swap the S class for the Learjet once you get to Gatwick.

  • Lady London says:

    14 Oct14 October 18:16

    …said the fat cat 🙂

  • mr_jetlag says:

    14 Oct14 October 19:35

    You are the chairman of MAG and I claim my £5.

• Fenny says:

  14 Oct14 October 19:37

  Just had an email from my holiday company to say the week in Greece I had to reschedule to next September is now departing from Gatwick on a Tuesday or Saturday, rather than Stansted on Sunday. No way am I going on the train. It’ll take longer than the flight to Greece! But at least I’ll be driving myself, so just have to stump up for parking.

• Ferd says:

  15 Oct15 October 20:32

  Heathrow charges for pickup through banning it and fining you if you are caught picking up.

• Alex says:

  16 Oct16 October 05:37

  Pickup’s are not free at Heathrow, you have to pay for a minimum of 30 minutes in the short stay car parks at all terminals it costs around £4, drop off’s are still free at all terminals at Heathrow. But they are planning a HULEZ which will put their costs anything from £10-£15 for both drop off and pickup.

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