Chaps-
you have to pay at most airports to drop off..
That should say most UK airports- rare anywhere else in the world part of rip off UK.
as for airlines screwing the airport how come Manchester has just made record profits and paid record dividends.?
Given that on top of the APD paid to the Exchequer (one of the highest in the world) im also paying MAN £11.44 facility fee to use the place and also £5.73 to use the security- there isn’t a financial requirement to install a turnstile on entering the doors.
so, for over 17 quid I don’t expect to be stood in a queue for 2 hours, have nowhere to sit & use a dirty toilet with broken locks.
T1 duty free shop lost £800 of my business last month as I did not have any time to make the purchase after 90 minutes in security.
I have stopped using MAN for domestic flights too.