The surprise charges you might face at the airport
If you’ve driven to an airport lately, then there’s a good chance you’ve had to pay a charge to drop off passengers near the terminal. Charges have been introduced at London Stansted, Luton, Liverpool, Leeds, Bradford, Birmingham, East Midlands, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Southampton, Edinburgh, Belfast, Bristol, Newcastle and Cardiff. That is more than half of all the airports across the UK. Manchester is the latest, from July its been charging £3 for five minutes and then £4 for a maximum of ten minutes. The charge applies to taxis as well as private cars. Winifred Robinson finds out more.
First broadcast on You & Yours, 12 September 2018.
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