Handling charges
Forgive me if this has already been done in the past, I'm sure it has, but very recently an aircraft was handled at a London Military Airport.The compulsary handling agent charged £30.00 administration fee for the catering, this consisted of walking out to the aircraft with a tray of catering (not provided by the handling agent I might add). A £12.00 charge was also made for the Newspaper selection, these were The Herald tribune £1.50, Wall Street Journal £1.50, FT £1.00 Times 65p, Metro free and the Telegraph 70p. That adds up to £5.35 leaving a mark up of £6.65 (maths class finished). I realise that you have to take into account delivery etc. but when you appear to have a closed shop with compulsary handling.....monopoly???.
Of course the answer is to get the papers elswhere, but if the schedule precludes this your stuck. I apologise if this seems a bit trivial but I get fed up with Biz Jets getting ripped off.
Rant over.