Parking fees increased at Liverpool Airport
23.12.08
New car parking charges at Liverpool Airport have angered some motorists after they were forced to pay increased fees, the Post reports. The airport’s new multi-storey car park opened last Thursday, and prices at the former short stay and drop-off car park – now designated as a drop-off area only – have risen dramatically.
Motorists now have to decide between parking in the drop-off area and risking going over the free 10 minutes and being hit with a high charge, or using the cheaper multi-storey car park. Drivers using the drop-off car park get the first 10 minutes free but if they stay longer, the charge goes up by £2 for each additional 10 minutes – so a one-hour stay costs £10. Before the multi-storey opened, an hour's stay would have cost £3. Drivers using the multi-storey pay £1 for up to 20 minutes, £2 for up to 40 minutes, £3 for an hour or £5 for two hours.
Neil Phillipson, car park operations manager at Liverpool Airport, told the newspaper that they have raised the prices for the drop-off area as it has been made smaller – reducing in capacity from 450 spaces to 100 – to accommodate the multi-storey. He said he believes 10 minutes is long enough to drop someone off and leave.
He said: ‘The multi-storey car park was opened last week and is designed for short stay parking. As multi-storeys go, it is cheap. We used Manchester Airport as a benchmark. People using the drop-off area now pay more after the initial free 10 minutes because there is less space. However, £1 for 20 minutes in the multi-storey gives people more time to say goodbye.’
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