Does anybody know what is happening at Faro Airport. When I took my daughter to catch her flight on Tuesday and it looked as though they were putting up barriers to charge for dropping off.

It looked like that to me when I saw it. Hopefully the ticket on entry will give a short period of time without charge when you exit to cover a quick drop off but I would not bet on it.

Arrivals is 10 minutes free then charged, so I would guess departures will be the same.

Charging for drop-off/pick-up seems to be the norm now. Glasgow has free drop-off, but fee for pick-up (Police patrol drop-off to move on anyone waiting for pick-up to avoid going into fee charging pick-up zone!!). Edinburgh charges for both (pick-up/drop-off in same area) £1 for, I think, first 10 minutes. Prestwick has first 10 minutes free for both.
Personally, Faro introducing the fee charging together with their 'war' on P4 car hire companies is making the airport a very unfriendly tourist airport.
Just saying.

roy4eyes wrote:Arrivals is 10 minutes free then charged, so I would guess departures will be the same.

Surely not, Roy. That's too logical.
Remember, it's in Portugal and it's owned by a French company.

At Belfast International the shared pick-up and drop-off costs £1 for 10 minutes. It's a ticketless barrier system with numberplate recognition and payment on exit.

If a similar system is being introduced in Faro the system could possibly be pre-programmed with registration numbers of hire cars and rental/transfer company minibuses so they can be prevented from entering or surcharged for failing to use P4 like they're supposed to, while allowing 'normal' rates for everyone else.

That is ridiculous . Whats next charging to go thru the door? LOL

Bournemouth Airport both pick up and drop off charge £2.50 with 20 minute allowance.

Luton also charge £2.50

Liverpol was £2 at Easter

cumbria sue wrote:Liverpol was £2 at Easter

Sue I flew out of Liverpool last week and there was no charge.
My husband just dropped me at the drop off/pick up point.

bruce wrote:

cumbria sue wrote:Liverpol was £2 at Easter

Sue I flew out of Liverpool last week and there was no charge.
My husband just dropped me at the drop off/pick up point.

we were picking up and it was £2 for 20 mins if you went over it was another £2 , but the man on the barrier let us off the extra because we were queuing to get out