Passenger Facility Fee
Reaction in the local media both yesterday and today to the introduction of the new £6 Passenger Facility Fee (PFF) at DTV rather strangely appears to be generally positive. Local radio ran a phone-in and at a guess, around 90% plus of callers said they wouldn’t mind paying the PFF, mainly for the convenience of being able to travel from their own doorstep.
However, the main message to Peel / VAG that came across very loud, and very clear, from everyone whether they were young, old, business or leisure users was that whilst they would be prepared to pay, they weren’t ever likely to actually do so because of the abysmal lack of destination choice available, and until that was resolved, Peel wouldn’t be seeing any of them in the departure lounge at all.
One other snippet that’s also on the record since yesterday - Craig Richmond, chief executive of Peel Airports, revealed that senior management was in talks to introduce new destinations from DTV, with Cyprus and Jamaica under consideration.
Cyprus I can understand, but Jamaica! Where did that come from?