Just been informed that a zoom meeting took place this morning between Taxi trade reps and the airport authorities, and we have been informed the the feeder park entry price is to be raised from £3.00 + VAT (£3.60) to a massive £10.04 inc VAT
Also from October 2021, Taxis dropping at Heathrow terminals will have to pay a £5 drop off charge.
Trade groups will be meeting on Wed/Thurs this week, to discuss a response to this ludicrous price hike.
Feeling in the trade is one of anger at the moment.
Not only that, drivers who have been sleeping in their cabs, who haven’t left at least one window clear, so security guards can check if the driver is there with the vehicle and hasn’t gone home for a few hours, have received written warnings saying that if caught again, they will be banned from the feeder for up to 7 days.
Over the weekend it was reported that at one point, Taxis were waiting over 32 hours just to get a job. The facilities in the feeder park have never been first classed, but over the last few months drivers allege that it’s got much worse.
Private hire drivers have recently been all over the news channels saying they have to pay £1 an hour to park up and wait for a call on their apps. But after 7 hours, the price per hour goes into silly money and it is not worth staying. So drivers leave the park, and re-enter, which they tell me is more financially viable. There facilities were reported to be completely atrocious.
They also complained that they didn't have a special prayer room and were being made to pray on an old bus stop.
TAXI LEAKS EXTRA BIT : It’s just crazy.
This has all been bought in during one of the worst periods of our history and just as the local councils and TfL have taken extreme liberties with road access throughout central London using the pretence of greener streets to raise money through cash cow CCTV enforcement, it appears Heathrow Airport authorities are seeing how far they can squeeze more cash from the trade.
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