22.07.10
A group representing Scottish travel agents has raised its opposition to Edinburgh Airport's plans to charge £1 for passengers to be dropped off at the terminal, the Scotsman reports. The news comes as campaigners switch their attention from the airport's outgoing boss, to its new managing director set to join next month
The Scottish Passenger Agents Association (SPAA), which represents 80% of Scottish travel agents, condemned the airport drop off charge for increasing costs for travellers, adding that it fears other charges will follow. SPAA president Brian Potter said he feared the £1 fee would be ‘the tip of an iceberg’ and also that it would spread to the other airports (it already has - at Newcastle, Luton, Cardiff and Belfast Internation). He told the newspaper: ‘It is simply a way for the airport to make easy money. The public are not happy about it.’
The comments came as Lothians MSP Gavin Brown - leading the campaign against the charge - vowed to lobby Edinburgh Airport’s new chief executive about scrapping the new charge. Kevin Brown, currently chief of Aberdeen Airport, is to take over the top job at Edinburgh Airport on 1 August. Aberdeen is not introducing the charge, and the MSP is trying to arrange a meeting with the airport's new boss to persuade him to axe the plans at Edinburgh too.
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