This is just my personal view ! I have this week booked a holiday flying from Norwich, my local / regional airport, and was aware from the outset that NWI charges each passenger £10 to escape from the locality, being one of the earliest airports to do so I think ?
But my thoughts are …. alternative airports …. Stansted, Luton, Gatwick or even Heathrow ! all 100-150 miles from home, driving at very unsociable hours, paying far too much to park for a week !! and having to drive home, once again at unsociable hours, following a tiring flight from your holiday destination !
So from my point of view £10 is a small price to pay for the, in my view, advantages listed below !
1. No airport parking charges …. £5 local cab to airport.
2. No driving miles to arrive at alternative airport 3 hrs before departure (2 hrs at NWI).
3. Holiday starts from my front door.
4. Stress level almost zero !
5. Big point here …. can take advantage of a few bevy’s on return journey …. no driving !
6. Arrive back at local airport, £5 cab home … job done ….. sorted !!
Whilst I understand that a lot of local / regional airports have ‘jumped on the bandwagon’ and are charging passengers to use their facilities my view is that as long as they keep the cost at a very reasonable level it is worth it ? (see above) ?
I think the lack of extra flights from these airports of late is possibly a result of the economic downturn rather than the extra charges (see above)
Another example ….. in the last few years I have visited Dubai twice … once from Norwich … NWI/AMS/DXB for £10 extra and once LHR/DXB …. when the fares were exactly the same ! bet you can’t guess which was the most stressful of the two flights ??
Keith :very_drunk:
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