Originally Posted by
caaardiff
Where did you find those charges? Because the charges I've found on each Airports website are different:
Cardiff
Landing fee between 25-200 tonnes = £23.50 per tonne
Parking fee = £240 (Free for first 2 hours)
Security charge - £2.85 per departing passenger
Passenger load charge = £17.30 per passenger
Bristol
"Runway fee" over 3 tonnes = £18.00 per tonne
Parking fee 0-30 tonne = £21.70 per aircraft + £1.50 per tonne
Airport Safety & Security Levy = £7.26 per departing passenger
Passenger load supplement = £17.50 per passenger
BRS also has an ATC fee - over 3 tonne = £6.10 per tonne
I can't find anything as an ATC fee on CWL's charges.
So based on that, CWL charges less for passenger load, considerably less for security per departing passenger, but based on the above CWL has higher landing fee and parking fee, despite having slightly different set ups.
Also lets not forget these are standard charges and don't reflect any commercial agreement with based or regular Airlines, which we're unlikely ever to see.
My point is not so much the exact figures but rather what the figures show. That is Cardiff Airport is not clearly, beyond any doubt, cheaper as it should be. Refusing to waive the parking fee would motivate KLM to cut the flight. That's the best part of £100k a year in parking fees for Cardiff alone.