Oh dear...Aitport charges

[BoredBloke]

Just because it works for most people doesn't mean literally nobody can avoid driving. Equally, the fact you can't get a bus for your 6am flight doesn't mean the whole scheme should be scrapped.

I guess in an ideal world they might only have the fee in peak hours (say 8am-8pm) but it's only a couple of quid.

It fails to work for the majority. I can drive to Manchester airport in about 40 mins - much longer in the rush hour, but 40 mins when it's quiet. Compare that to a trip involving walk - bus - tram - train and a long walk form the train station at the airport if you are going to T1 or T3. Along with luggage and assuming that everything connects. It's simple to see that public transport fails to work for trips to the airport - look at the vast amounts of expensive parking on site and further out (jetparks and the like). Add to that the numbers dropped off by taxi or friends/family. I'd argue that the numbers actually arriving by public transport will be tiny in comparison to the numbers arriving using other modes.

Public transport in the north west is tulipe!

[d000hg]

40 minutes and then someone has to drive the car back.