Brisbane Airport crackdown on illegal parking
DRIVERS who are trying to avoid the hefty parking fees at Brisbane Airport by waiting at the popular Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Memorial are being hit with fines.
The idea is to duck into the Memorial car park and wait on a phone call from the person you are picking up saying they have their baggage and are ready for pick up.
The alternative is to park and pay and that can be costly.
Maybe the Airport Corporation would have a point if it wasn’t for these figures;
Corporation figures show that parking is profitable.
Last year it returned $57 million compared with aeronautical revenue of $87 million.
Parking station or airport? If they try hard and fine a lot of people they may beat the aeronautical revenue.