. Leeds Bradford has upped its charges to £6 for 10 minutes - from £5 for 10 minutes - Liverpool John Lennon is now £5 for 10 minutes, up from £4 for 10 minutes, while Birmingham has increased its fee to £4 for 15 minutes, having previously been £3 for 15 minutes. Belfast's other airport, Belfast City, has now introduced a charge of £3 for 10 minutes, having previously not charged for dropping off. Despite not increasing its fee this year, London Stansted continues to top the drop-off charges table with an initial charge of £7 for 15 minutes. In contrastingly good news for those dropping off travellers, six of the busiest UK airports are among the 13 airports that have frozen drop-off charges since last summer. Alongside Stansted holding its prices are London Heathrow and London Gatwick which charge £5, Manchester is £5 for five minutes, London Luton is still asking for £5 for 10 minutes and Edinburgh costs £4 for 10 minutes. There are still three airports where relatives and friends can be drop){kind=link}
The biggest jumps for drop off charges were at Southampton Airport, Belfast International, Glasgow Airport and Aberdeen Airport, according to new research from the RAC
The biggest UK airports have hiked their airport drop-off fees significantly, adding to the cost of jetting away on holiday.
Ahead of the busy summer travel period, drivers taking relatives and friends to the airport should brace themselves for record terminal drop-off prices.
Seven of the UK’s 21 busiest airports are putting up fees and one is introducing them, new research from the RAC shows.
The biggest jumps were at Southampton Airport which has increased its drop-off fees to £6 for 20 minutes, up from £4 for 20 minutes in 2022, and Belfast International, which has put the charge up by £2 to £3 for 10 minutes.