Luton to charge £1 to drop off passengers…

Cheap and nasty airport for chavs, served by airlines for chavs…

Honestly, that’s the first time I’ve heard my local described like that. Sure, Luton’s not the nicest town in the country, and it is full of what you call “Chavs”, but they rarely venture up to the airport. The area surrounding Luton is a very nice suburban middle-class area. And these are what make up almost all of the passengers travelling from the airport. I’ve caught many flights from Luton and have never had anything to complain about. The queues have always been short and delays have never been more than half an hour at most, and I’ve certainly never seen large numbers of “chavs” or anything else that might make for an uncomfortable flying experience.
In terms of spotting, Luton is probably the most enthusiast friendly airport in the south-east. Again I’ve never seen any “chavs” in or around the airport while spotting, so cannot see where your idea of Luton comes from.
Chavy airlines? I assume you mean EZ and FR? Well in comparison to uh…. say Stansted just down the road, Luton has a very low LowCost passenger count.

I’ve always considered Luton a very nice airport, It’s certainly better than anything BAA owns and is always pleasant to fly from. In terms of this charge, well I know its a little frustrating for pax, but the airport has just spent a lot of money on improvements to the terminal and it’s drop-off & Bus stop zone, and with the sudden plunge in passenger numbers they must be struggling to find the money to fund it.

It’ll be interesting to see if the charges are dropped once passenger traffic starts to increase again, but then that would prove its just a revenue raiser, and not all that claptrap that was in the press release…

-Dazza

I cannot say I am too surprised by this latest charge, especially not after seeing that they also charge £1 for the use of a trolley (non-refundable) and £1 for the transparent bags to carry liquids in. It is scandalous.

It is yet another reason not to fly from Luton.

It’s just another thing that we as customer’s And Passenger’s have to suffer to.

We have to secure there future with any Profit they can make out of the most stupid things ever.

Paying to use the loo inflight and now paying to drop people off. 😡

Hey wonder if they start charging us to sit in the departure lounge? :confused:

Rob
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For the moment I’ll resist the temptation to go off on yet another several paragraph long rant about this embarrassing, inefficient and pathetic excuse for a country we inhabit, but I may be back later to do some ranting!

Paul

“Dropping passengers off can be a stressful experience; we have therefore given careful consideration to providing the right facilities and enough time for people to unload in a secure environment.

So it was not a secure environment before?:confused:

“Making a small charge reminds drivers of the ten minute time allocation and keeps the traffic flowing.

How long will it be a small charge?

“By offering a choice of options we can provide an airport experience to suit the needs of all our passengers.”

Certainly does, vote with your feet or wheels, choose another airport!

parking charges there are scandalous.but then all airports are the same,its like hospitals they know you need them and what else can you do?