The problem is even if landing fees are waived due to a bad weather diversion, at some airports still have handling fees that are not waived….Edinburgh being one example (in the past anyway)
I thought that calls for 0£ fees… no need to give any incentive to fly into bad wx the pilot could propably not handle.
Isn’t there even a rule about it? Strasser scheme or something like that?
Like it or not, some UK airports have complained that people have flown there falsely claiming a wx diversion, to get zero landing fees.
Peter wrote:
If an airport manager is reading this, he ought to be aware that the last 3 will wipe out most of his traffic
Which in most cases is the idea I’m sure.
My regular landing fee here at ZRH is around €50 for domestic and €80 for international flights plus pax fees if I have any.
As I fly rather rarely, I am willing to put up with higher fees if they allow me to go where I need to go and not 100 NM away and then trains or rental cars. Generally, anything above €30 or so is abuse on small airports, above €50 on larger international ones.
Mooney_Driver wrote:
My regular landing fee here at ZR is around €50 for domestic and €80 for international flights plus pax fees if I have any.
Personal friend of the CEO of the airport, are we? I paid more to land at Groningen Hypergalatic Airport…. :-(
Steve6443 wrote:
Personal friend of the CEO of the airport, are we?
No but he didn’t mention the ~60CHF handling fee mere mortals have to pay 
tomjnx wrote:
No but he didn’t mention the ~60CHF handling fee mere mortals have to pay
The charge is different if you are a member of the MFGZ.
That depends on how many are sharing the expense. I think 10 Euros is more than enough. Just got a quote from LRTM 1.25 Euros/Tonne They have an ILS and actually a concrete Runway. Parking .15 Euro/Tone /hr first 3 hrs are free. Handling 35.5 Euros. I just wish Romania were part of Schengen.
