Gatwick Airport has announced it will increase its drop-off charge to £10, meaning stopping in the zone will cost £1 per minute.

Motorists taking a loved one to the airport to say goodbye this holiday season face rising rates to enter the drop-off zone, also known as kiss-and-fly fees.

Heathrow Airport announced last week it will hike up the drop-off charge to £7 in the new year and limit the maximum stay to 10 minutes, which drivers criticised as ‘unjustifiable.’

However, Gatwick will soon take the prize for the most expensive drop-off stint after the UK’s second busiest airport said it will increase the fee from £7 to £10 from January 6 – a 43% rise. A spokeswoman for Gatwick said the decision to increase the charge was not taken lightly, but the airport is facing increasing costs lik

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