Off their trollies?

[egpffqtv]

https://news.stv.tv/east-central/edinbu ... mer-season

Edinburgh airport to introduce non-refundable luggage trolley charge

Holidaymakers at Scotland’s busiest airport will be charged a non-refundable fee to use luggage trolleys from next month, in time for the busy summer season.

From Monday July 1, passengers travelling through Edinburgh airport will have to pay £1 to use a luggage trolley, which will be payable at contactless kiosks.

However, they won’t get their money back when the trolley is returned.

The new fleet of trolleys, supplied by Wanzl, will remain free to passengers with reduced mobility who have booked special assistance.

Bays for the new trolleys will be positioned in prominent areas including car parks, pick-up and drop-off areas, near tram and bus stops, and in the arrivals halls.

Edinburgh Airport says that the charge will “ensure the airport is able to provide the best service to those who use them, while also investing in future improvements across the terminal”.

It added that a dedicated team has been created to manage the fleet and “deliver an improved service for passengers, ensuring trolleys are available where needed”.

Adam Wilson, chief operating officer at Edinburgh Airport said: “Bringing in this fleet of newer, better trolleys – and creating a team to manage their availability – will provide a far better experience for those passengers who need to use them.

To deliver the new fleet, and ensure the trolleys are available to those who really need them, we have introduced a small charge similar to those you see at many other UK airports. This will help us deliver the best service to passengers who use them and invest in future improvements across the airport.”

[FlyGLA]

Edinburgh already abusing it's self-proclaimed position as Scotland's Airport.

It hasn't take them long to abuse their monopoly position. Imagine my surprise!

https://news.stv.tv/east-central/edinbu ... mer-season

[G-WATP]

Edinburgh already abusing it's self-proclaimed position as Scotland's Airport.

It hasn't take them long to abuse their monopoly position. Imagine my surprise!

https://news.stv.tv/east-central/edinbu ... mer-season

It seems as if a non-refundable charge is quite common at other UK airports if this is accurate: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aph.co ... ealed/amp/

Another way of looking at this issue would be that AGS are foregoing an additional source of revenue, revenue which they could no doubt use in part to offer lower fees to prospective airlines.

[bill]

Edinburgh already abusing it's self-proclaimed position as Scotland's Airport.

It hasn't take them long to abuse their monopoly position. Imagine my surprise!

https://news.stv.tv/east-central/edinbu ... mer-season

Brilliant bit of business though, you've got to admit? Probably north of £10m per annum for nothing really and monies that could be used to subsidise current airlines to expand or to attract new carriers for example. Now, if only we had such 'out the box' style thinking owners.

[Clive]

Edinburgh already abusing it's self-proclaimed position as Scotland's Airport.

It hasn't take them long to abuse their monopoly position. Imagine my surprise!

https://news.stv.tv/east-central/edinbu ... mer-season

Brilliant bit of business though, you've got to admit? Probably north of £10m per annum for nothing really and monies that could be used to subsidise current airlines to expand or to attract new carriers for example. Now, if only we had such 'out the box' style thinking owners.

Folks already moan about drop off charges. Imagine if they had to pay to use a luggage trolley…

[FlyGLA]

Folks already moan about drop off charges. Imagine if they had to pay to use a luggage trolley…

GLA used a growing Ryanair base as justification for their drop-off charge. Somehow we ended up with no Ryanair base and the drop-off charge remained.

[Iain]

Edinburgh already abusing it's self-proclaimed position as Scotland's Airport.

It hasn't take them long to abuse their monopoly position. Imagine my surprise!

https://news.stv.tv/east-central/edinbu ... mer-season

Brilliant bit of business though, you've got to admit? Probably north of £10m per annum for nothing really and monies that could be used to subsidise current airlines to expand or to attract new carriers for example. Now, if only we had such 'out the box' style thinking owners.

Folks already moan about drop off charges. Imagine if they had to pay to use a luggage trolley…

People moan about a lot of things, but EDI shows its clear that as long as there is a good supply of frequent, cheap, direct flights then they'll overlook pretty much overlook any other negative and still flood through your airport.

[bill]

Folks already moan about drop off charges. Imagine if they had to pay to use a luggage trolley…

True enough, they would moan but still use the trollies anyway, the way they still (mostly) use the drop-off points.

[bill]

Brilliant bit of business though, you've got to admit? Probably north of £10m per annum for nothing really and monies that could be used to subsidise current airlines to expand or to attract new carriers for example. Now, if only we had such 'out the box' style thinking owners.

Folks already moan about drop off charges. Imagine if they had to pay to use a luggage trolley…

People moan about a lot of things, but EDI shows its clear that as long as there is a good supply of frequent, cheap, direct flights then they'll overlook pretty much overlook any other negative and still flood through your airport.

Indeed sir. If the flights are plentyful and cheap enough then what's a quid to push your luggage through the airport? Especially if you knew that the money would be used to develop more routes and/or more airlines.

[Clive]

Folks already moan about drop off charges. Imagine if they had to pay to use a luggage trolley…

People moan about a lot of things, but EDI shows its clear that as long as there is a good supply of frequent, cheap, direct flights then they'll overlook pretty much overlook any other negative and still flood through your airport.

Indeed sir. If the flights are plentyful and cheap enough then what's a quid to push your luggage through the airport? Especially if you knew that the money would be used to develop more routes and/or more airlines.

As EGPH already makes a grotesque profit it would seem a bit of a rip off of a captive audience and to say the revenue would go into route development is not right. It goes into shareholder’s pockets. It would be good if their customers revolted and came to GLA instead but as you say, they won’t, and GLA will follow suit on the chargeable luggage trollies.

What next, 50p to use a urinal and £1 per dump? Actually don’t temp them because one does have to pay to use the t facilities at Buchanan Bus Station.