Dead right there..

I once asked what the development fee was for and the answer was 'to get new flights ex NWI' . Just not happened, quite the opposite in fact; no new flights and the ones to Bulgaria, Gran Canaria, Alicante, Malaga,Faro and Manchester have all been axed recently.

Posted By: Pam Demic on November 17th 2023 at 09:23:49

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Just done a Heathrow Airport Run - £5 charge to do a drop off (General Chat) - KentonCanary, Nov 17, 07:29:25
- Last time i flew into LHR (General Chat) - Kev, Nov 17, 16:48:07
- reading your post and the ones below ..the lesson learnt (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Nov 17, 09:17:31
  - Another option (General Chat) - BungysPie, Nov 17, 11:24:35
  - Well, people have suggested public transport for my trip below. (General Chat) - Pam Demic, Nov 17, 09:27:24
- Flying from Heathrow T4 tomorrow (General Chat) - Pam Demic, Nov 17, 09:14:24
  - have you checked that you have to pay it (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Nov 17, 09:18:44
    - Yep. Checked twice. Car is 8year old Honda CRV diesel. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pam Demic, Nov 17, 09:25:15
      - yer probably will be caught by ULEZ (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Nov 17, 11:10:00
        
        and then fly over the ulez area in a big old jet spewing out over 50 lbs of co2 per mile (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 17, 11:19:06
        
        ULEZ is more about public health than Co2 (n/m) (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Nov 17, 12:46:13
- Unreal shitbags. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Nov 17, 09:02:20
- People from Yarmouth of a certain age will remember the ‘Still in Lisbon’ graffiti (General Chat) - Biggles, Nov 17, 09:01:30
- Only £4 drop off at Birmingham (but maybe a long way for you to travel) (n/m) (General Chat) - Saucerer, Nov 17, 08:58:08
- Same at Manchester. Will be taking my son next Thursday (General Chat) - CB41, Nov 17, 08:52:59
- Cheap. Think it's a tenner plus elsewhere for drop off.... Stansted Especially (n/m) (General Chat) - Saucerer, Nov 17, 08:00:20
- Reminds me of a cartoon of someone chilling in a field (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Nov 17, 07:54:45
- Cheaper than the tenner escape fee at Norwich I suppose. (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Nov 17, 07:47:52
  - I know a bit about NWI, we moved to Norfolk because dad worked there for Air Anglia and (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Nov 17, 10:28:39
    - Yup, norwich isn't really big enough to sustain its own airport. 31st biggest place in (General Chat) - megson, Nov 17, 11:01:51
  - Ask those in Ipswich if they'd like an international airport on their doorstep? (General Chat) - Pixelman, Nov 17, 09:34:52
    - They have. Stansted 45 minutes away (n/m) (General Chat) - Pam Demic, Nov 17, 09:37:08
      - Blimey that Honda CRV diesel goes some if you can make that journey in 45 minutes (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, Nov 17, 10:19:49
        
        About 45 miles (General Chat) - Pam Demic, Nov 17, 14:14:41
        
        I guess so (General Chat) - camcan, Nov 17, 16:13:11
        
        I don't think anyone suggested people in ipswich use norwich airport. (General Chat) - megson, Nov 17, 14:40:55
        
        Well there are people who do (General Chat) - Pam Demic, Nov 17, 15:31:48
  - Still waiting to see the “development” (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Nov 17, 09:17:33
    - Dead right there.. (General Chat) - Pam Demic, Nov 17, 09:23:49
  - we flew from Blackpool once and they charged us a £10 developement fee (General Chat) - CB41, Nov 17, 08:54:28
    - Problem for Blackpoll airport was that its so close to Manchester and Liverpool airports (General Chat) - Pam Demic, Nov 17, 09:42:13
      - Flights are also usually a lot more expensive than Stansted (General Chat) - jamesward, Nov 17, 09:49:38
        
        Usually true. (General Chat) - Pam Demic, Nov 17, 10:01:32
    - I suppose that’s a development. (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Nov 17, 09:21:44
  - Still have to pay 3 quid I think to drop off (General Chat) - ParrotPuncher, Nov 17, 07:53:56

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