London Battersea **!!&***!!!
In a letter to customers this week, Weston Aviation have substantially upped their landing fees from October 1. (Current figures in brackets)
Grp 1-3 is £210 (£90), 4 £305 (£275), 5 £330 (£300), 6 £500 (£450), 7 £690 (£625) and 8 £1200! (£1075).
(That 1-3 increase of over 100% looks like a "push off, light helis" fee)
The reasons they give are that they need to restrict movements because they may have to close until the end of the year - they are getting close to exceeding the annual limit.
This is one of the world's leading capital cities and our heliport is being managed worse than a small GA airfield.
"This year has seen a substantial increase in movements......" - well why didn't you manage it by turning away all the early and late movements ? That way you wouldn't be sitting on a pile of noise and smell complaints from residents. And the Mayor/GLA might have viewed your attempts as mitigation in the current noise enquiry.