Airport Fees
Machine glitch delays airport fee
Newquay passengers will pay the surcharge at new ticket machines
Plans to implement an extra £5 departure fee at Newquay Airport have had to be put on hold.
It should have started on Saturday, but the airport said machines to collect the fee were not working properly.
The £5 surcharge is being imposed at Newquay Airport by Cornwall County Council to help reduce a deficit of more than £1m a year.
Managers say the machines will not be operating until the early part of next week at the earliest.
Adults flying out of Newquay from Saturday were meant to be paying the extra £5, using machines which have been installed in the check-in area.
The airport said it would be taking the matter up with the makers of the machines.
The fee is the first to be introduced at a UK airport.
bbc
So Why have I been paying 20GBP to get out of LHR for god knows how long?