While prices will remain the same for 2023, the average maximum per-passenger fee will drop from £31.57 this year to £25.43 in 2024, and will stay broadly flat until the end of 2026. Heathrow had pushed for an increase to more than £40 a passenger.
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The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has largely ruled in favour of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which has told Heathrow that it must reduce average passenger charges from the current £31.57 per passenger to £25.43 in 2024, and then “broadly” stay at that level until the end of 2026.
Drivers picking up at Heathrow airport must use the short stay car park at each terminal as passengers are directed there through the app. We will take care of the cost of parking for up to 30 minutes (£4.50). Please make sure your passenger arrives within that time before entering the car park.
The nearest location to Terminal 5 for pick-ups is the Terminal 5 short stay car park. Alternatively, you can also collect passengers from the Terminal 5 Long Stay car park, where the first 30 minutes are free.
UK Passenger Service ChargeThis is a fee that airlines pay to the UK airports for the use of the airport's passenger facilities. It is usually represented by the tax code UB.
Picking-up at HeathrowIf you are picking-up a passenger from Heathrow, it is prohibited to wait on the terminal forecourt. Please park in one of our Short Stay car parks, and pay at a pay-on-foot machine, or one of our Long Stay car parks for 30 minutes for free.
In most cases, there's no need to pay anything when saying goodbye to family and friends, as almost all airports have a free area for drop-offs – as long as you're willing to take a short walk or shuttle ride to the terminal, Townsend explains.
Heathrow has argued it needs higher fees to provide a good service, pay its shareholders returns and fund investment such as new security scanners which mean liquids can stay in bags and a modern baggage system for one of its terminals.
While Heathrow Airport undoubtedly has much more variety with more long-range international carriers, London Gatwick has a wider variety of types of operations. Heathrow lacks the low-cost element of Gatwick Airport. London Gatwick is a hub of low-cost operations, which London Heathrow is not.
Drivers picking up at Heathrow airport must use the short stay car park at each terminal as passengers are directed there through the app. We will take care of the cost of parking for up to 30 minutes (£4.50). Please make sure your passenger arrives within that time before entering the car park.