{"id":802663,"date":"2026-10-14T20:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T20:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/802663\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T20:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T20:18:09","slug":"airport-drop-off-charges-to-be-reviewed-after-sharp-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/802663\/","title":{"rendered":"Airport drop-off charges to be reviewed after sharp increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The RAC, which conducted the analysis in July this year, has campaigned against increases in drop-off charges. It said a review of &#8220;kiss and fly&#8221; fees would be &#8220;music to the ears to drivers&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We know airport drop-off charges are a growing source of anger and frustration,&#8221; said Rod Dennis, senior policy officer at the RAC. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Four-in-five drivers we&#8217;ve surveyed believe they are a &#8216;rip-off&#8217;, with just one-in-10 understanding why airports charge what they do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The RAC&#8217;s research found London City Airport, which only introduced charges in 2026, was the most expensive on a per-minute basis. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Its \u00a38 charge for five minutes works out at \u00a31.60 per minute. Belfast International Airport now charges \u00a35 for 10 minutes in the drop-off zone, up \u00a32 on last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">None of the top 10 airports in the European Union charge for drop-offs, according to the RAC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It argues that international airports should not charge for dropping off passengers, however, the industry said the charges were a neccesary part of the business model of airports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The RAC, which conducted the analysis in July this year, has campaigned against increases in drop-off charges. It&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-802663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}