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To: Manchester Airport
Stop Manchester Airport's proposed drop-off charging
Manchester Airport should not be permitted to charge what is in essence an 'admission fee' to drop passengers off at its terminals. Bearing in mind airports are certainly not universally noted for their value-for-money, this is just simply further exploitation of the public on the basis that they, the airports, can get away with it.
Why is this important?
Airports as a rule are already over-expensive and exploit captive-audiences who need to use them for air travel. There is no alternative if one wishes to fly. These privately-owned behemoths (not just Manchester Airport) kowtow to foreign shareholders where profitability and dividends seems to come before service to the public, who after all, are the life-blood of the airport.
There will be absolute driver chaos in the airport as people try to avoid paying this punitive admission fee; there is already a £3 charge to taxi drivers to collect passengers from Terminal 1 which they pass on to the passenger.
Only in the UK do airport owners get away with charging an admission tax.
