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Author:  captain cab [ Wed May 06, 2015 9:26 am ]
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Airport £1 drop-off charge to be passed onto Taxi passengers


Taxi drivers will begin passing a £1 drop-off charge at Aberdeen International Airport onto passengers from next month.

The city council’s licensing committee agreed in March that drivers of non-airport cabs should not have to pay the surcharge out of their own pockets, as has been the case since it was introduced in January.

At a meeting next week, members will be asked to formally approve the switch to take effect from June 17, provided there is no appeal lodged against the decision.

The delay from the unanimous committee ruling in March was to allow for the proposal to be advertised and offer people the chance to make representations. None have been received to date, however.

A report to the committee said: “Members will recall that they proposed a new surcharge to reflect the fee of £1 introduced by Aberdeen Airport to drop off passengers at the inner airport forecourt.

“This is a new cost which at present drivers are unable to pass on to customers. Adding a surcharge to the fare card will enable them to do so.”

At the meeting in March, a recommendation to keep normal taxi fares at their current level was also agreed by councillors.

Officers at the local authority have been tasked with meeting trade representatives to explore the “restructure” of tariffs in future.

Committee convener Scott Carle said that councillors wanted to do their bit by “supporting” the taxi trade.

He said: “The trade made their case, if you can imagine a driver might have a number of fares going to the airport, and days add up to weeks, it is quite a lot of money.”

Mr Carle, a Labour councillor, also said that passengers could opt out of paying the fee by asking to be dropped off at the long-stay car park, where a free shuttle bus would be available to take them to the main terminal.

Aberdeen International Airport said the charge was introduced because the forecourt had reached its capacity, prompting safety concerns.

Chief executive Carol Benzie, speaking at the time of the launch of the fee, said the charge was introduced “before someone got hurt”.

She also said that 10% of the income will go into projects for the benefit of the “wider community”.

source: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/ne ... assengers/
Author:  Foxtrot26 [ Wed May 06, 2015 9:44 am ]
Post subject:  Re: drop-off charge to be passed onto Taxi passengers
my backside they introduced it out of concern for safety.

they saw an easy option to make a few extra quid on the back of everyone dropping off.


they've saw how much it makes EDI and decided to grab a slice of that for themselves.

Aberdeen airport carries just shy of 4million passengers a year say that equates to at a rough conservative guess 500k drop offs allowing for people sharing cars and or people not using the drop off its still a lot of money every single year for the airport.

wonder how long it will be before they introduce the £1 drop off at Glasgow
Author:  gusmac [ Wed May 06, 2015 12:56 pm ]
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Foxtrot26 wrote:
my backside they introduced it out of concern for safety.

they saw an easy option to make a few extra quid on the back of everyone dropping off.


they've saw how much it makes EDI and decided to grab a slice of that for themselves.

Aberdeen airport carries just shy of 4million passengers a year say that equates to at a rough conservative guess 500k drop offs allowing for people sharing cars and or people not using the drop off its still a lot of money every single year for the airport.

wonder how long it will be before they introduce the £1 drop off at Glasgow

=D> =D> =D> =D>
Author:  chrismas [ Wed May 06, 2015 3:21 pm ]
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Paying to deliver their custom???
I think supermarkets or the like would soon be boycotted if they done same.
Author:  gusmac [ Wed May 06, 2015 3:38 pm ]
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chrismas wrote:
Paying to deliver their custom???
I think supermarkets or the like would soon be boycotted if they done same.


The next supermarket isn't 100+ miles away though :sad:
Author:  skippy41 [ Thu May 07, 2015 10:59 am ]
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Foxtrot26 wrote:
my backside they introduced it out of concern for safety.

they saw an easy option to make a few extra quid on the back of everyone dropping off.


they've saw how much it makes EDI and decided to grab a slice of that for themselves.

Aberdeen airport carries just shy of 4million passengers a year say that equates to at a rough conservative guess 500k drop offs allowing for people sharing cars and or people not using the drop off its still a lot of money every single year for the airport.

Quote:
wonder how long it will be before they introduce the £1 drop off at Glasgow


They already do
Author:  Foxtrot26 [ Thu May 07, 2015 6:32 pm ]
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skippy41 wrote:
Foxtrot26 wrote:
my backside they introduced it out of concern for safety.

they saw an easy option to make a few extra quid on the back of everyone dropping off.


they've saw how much it makes EDI and decided to grab a slice of that for themselves.

Aberdeen airport carries just shy of 4million passengers a year say that equates to at a rough conservative guess 500k drop offs allowing for people sharing cars and or people not using the drop off its still a lot of money every single year for the airport.

Quote:
wonder how long it will be before they introduce the £1 drop off at Glasgow


They already do



didn't this morning. drop off point is still free. although minimum £1.50 to pick up
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Thu May 07, 2015 9:12 pm ]
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BHX also has a £1 charge to use a trolley

no refund, its not Tescos!
Author:  westgatelad [ Thu May 07, 2015 10:31 pm ]
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I let you know that your parting with a whole pound before taking you to Newcastle airport.

If they refuse. They have a loooong walk from the other carpark down the road.


I aint paying for them.
Author:  chrismas [ Fri May 08, 2015 2:39 am ]
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Oh and be warned when dropping off in Edinburgh airport, getting there luggage out running for a pi$s then getting change out the machine will see you up to £3 as it goes up after only 5 minutes now.
Author:  skippy41 [ Sat May 09, 2015 1:31 am ]
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chrismas wrote:
Oh and be warned when dropping off in Edinburgh airport, getting there luggage out running for a pi$s then getting change out the machine will see you up to £3 as it goes up after only 5 minutes now.


Edinburgh Go into the multi and drop its only 1 pound to escape, dropping or picking up, when picking up wait at the first roundabout get the punter to ring you, and tell them to go to the ground floor of the multi and wait in the centre island.

At Glasgow It free at the drop off, if your quick you can also load and go, or get the punters to walk to the back road its only 200 yards further then load and go
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Sun May 10, 2015 8:23 am ]
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chrismas wrote:
Oh and be warned when dropping off in Edinburgh airport, getting there luggage out running for a pi$s then getting change out the machine will see you up to £3 as it goes up after only 5 minutes now.


yeah, only now they will have a pi55 and a costa coffee while you wait down the road for them to ring you like i did one New Years Eve at BHX (to Stoke on Trent), normally 45 minutes "landed to loading", took em 90 minutes to ring me
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