London’s Heathrow cranks up airport fees across all flights

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London’s Heathrow cranks up airport fees across all flights

March 3, 2021by elizav

Travellers departing London’s Heathrow Airport will face new passenger charges on all flights, to cover the impact of COVID-19.

As of January this year, the airport introduced a new passenger fee of £8.90 (A$15.90) for all flights, which they labelled ‘Airport Cost Recovery Charge’.

The purpose of the new passenger charge is to recover some of the losses caused by the pandemic. With COVID-19 causing a severe drop in passenger, the airport reported an annual loss of £2 billion.

Heathrow Airport new passenger tax — Heathrow Airport has introduced a new passenger tax in 2021 © Heathrow Airport

Heathrow Airport says the passenger tax “has been introduced at the request of the airlines as an alternative way to recover costs related to airline [Other Regulated Charges] such as Baggage, PRS, FEGP and Common Use IT”.

The airport also made it clear that the current fee of £8.90 (A$15.90) may be “adjusted during the year to achieve full cost recovery”.

However, the good news is, it’s not intended to be permanent. It may even be scrapped entirely by the end of 2021.

heathrow Airport charges — The new passenger tax was introduced at the request of the airlines operating from Heathrow © Heathrow Airport

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Increased existing charges

Heathrow Airport already has a reputation for charging high fees and it seems some of these have also increased.

Baggage services have increased from £3.67 (A$6.54) in 2020 to £4.44 (A$7.92) in 2021. And a new fee of 55p (A$1.00) has been added for check-in desks, according to The Mirror UK.

These additional charges are bundled into the total price of your ticket, making it hard for passengers to notice.

However, it’s interesting to note, when you’re booking a low-cost domestic flight out of Heathrow Airport, the total cost of taxes can sometimes come close to the cost of the ticket itself.

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London’s Heathrow cranks up airport fees across all flights