MP slams airport parking 'rip off'
14.09.09
An MP has accused UK airports - and particularly London City - of ripping off passengers for parking, the Daily Express reports. Fees can add up to 45 percent of the cost of a cheap-flight holiday, and the worst offender is London City Airport where passengers who pre-book a week’s parking pay £186, but those who turn up without booking in advance are charged £252 for a week and £504 for a fortnight.
The short-stay car park at London City works out at £287 a week, while two weeks is a whopping £574. At Heathrow the pre-booked fee is £63.90, Gatwick is up to £62, and Luton £67.99. The average across 10 British airports is £45, the newspaper reports.
Liberal Democrat Norman Baker said: ‘What is the point of trawling the internet to get cheap air fares, only to get ripped off by excessive car park charges at our airports?’ He said London City was ‘exceedingly bad value’, adding: ‘The amount being charged is probably enough to pay for a return flight to New York.’
A spokeswoman for the airport told the Express that the charges were designed to encourage passengers to use links like the Docklands Light Railway rather than add to road congestion in east London.
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