Written from the same audited evidence as our airport pages — the operator’s own wording and the CAA’s figures — with every source linked at the foot of the piece and the date we read it.

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Fees9 min read

UK Airport Drop-Off Charges Compared: All 29 Airports (Q3 2026)

What it really costs to drive up to 29 UK and Crown Dependency airports: every published kerbside charge, penalty and free escape, read from each operator's own pages and compiled into one comparable table. Updated quarterly, downloadable as CSV.

Updated 8 August 2026

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Fees8 min read

The £95 letter: how UK airport drop-off charges really work

There are no barriers and no ticket machines — just cameras, deadlines and penalty notices. The verified cost of a kerbside goodbye at seven UK airports, and the free escape at each one.

Updated 4 August 2026

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Security7 min read

Two litres here, 100ml there: Britain’s split liquids rule, explained

Twenty years after the 100ml limit was invented overnight, it is being dismantled — one airport at a time. Where the 2-litre allowance is real, where it is not, and why your return flight is the trap.

Updated 4 August 2026

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Parking, hotels and ground transport

Across the 139 airports with an editorial file

Airport parking

The operator’s own car parks, with the transfer described in its words. Fares only where they are published.

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Airport hotels

Hotels checked on the airport’s own pages, split into verified access and everything else.

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Ground transport

Trains, trams, buses, coaches and taxis — with fares only when the operator publishes them.

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