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Old 23rd Jul 2007, 16:14
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groundhand
 
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I take the points you are trying to make but GH companies can not, at economic rates, hire or lease GSE to be returned at a moments notice. Most GSE leases are fixed term. Renting for a 'spot' use market is not economic.

Very few airports in the UK have ever built 'on spec'. Expansion development normally follows massive over capacity in current facilities.

I do know of service partner agreements that have both rent and turnover rates.
Retail - agree but you can argue whether or not the minimum fee is just a different term for rent.

I've just paid, this afternoon, £6 for less than 2 hours in a short term car park at a regional airport. I knew I was going to have to pay this. Can't say I was happy but it is a fact of life. I know that if I'd not gone to the airport and I'd gone into my local city to shop it would cost just as much. I believe it is now £3.20/hr in the main carparks in the city centre.
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