Overview
- Edinburgh Airport has lifted its driver drop-off and pick-up charge to £8.50, up from £6, which is a 42% rise.
- The new price puts Edinburgh among the UK’s costliest airports for drop-offs, with Gatwick and Stansted at £10 and Bristol also at £8.50.
- Management says the move helps pay a £8m rates bill that chief executive Gordon Dewar called unplanned and said equals about 200 jobs, two aircraft stands or five security lanes.
- The airport is keeping a free area where drivers can drop off or pick up for up to 30 minutes, and it plans to add more spaces.
- Electric vehicle drivers no longer get a half-price discount, taking their charge up 183% to the same £8.50 rate.