Airport parking costs increased by up to 100%
04.04.11
People going on holiday face crippling airport parking charges, as some car parks 'double their already sky-high prices', the News of the World reports. Twenty of the country's 23 main airports have hiked short-stay parking prices in the last year, the newspapers investigation revealed.
The cost for eight days at Aberdeen to cover a week-long Easter or summer break has increased by 104%, from £63.90 to £130.40. And Exeter has upped the price by 70%, from £68.80 to £117.50. At Gatwick the cost has soared from £172 to £240, up 40%.
Fifteen airports have also upped prices for long-stay car parks, the research shows. Manchester has raised the cost of eight days from £70.50 to £100-up 42%, while Gatwick has gone up 25%, from £73.60 to £92. Bob Atkinson of travel supermarket.com told the newspaper: ‘The price rises far outstrip inflation and add to the bill of a family holiday.'
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