Originally Posted by
ISO100
A bonanza for BAA and NCP as those of us meeting passengers are charged hefty parking fees all because they can’t find space for aircraft
Not really for NCP. The commercial arrangement between BAA and their retail concessionaires (of which NCP is one) is that BAA pocket 100% of the revenue. They then reimburse the concessionaire for all their operating costs, plus a profit element on a formula which is sufficiently complex to make a weight-and-balance calculation look a cinch !
So when you are delayed and the resulting car parking costs so much you wonder if you will have to sell the car to pay for it, that's money to BAA's bottom line. Oh, and it's all in their budget. Additional retail margins on days of disruption more than offsets reduced landing fees (all regulated charges anyway) and any additional costs. So BAA's view is "bring on the fog".