While plane travel is usually a very convenient form of transport, it may be a problem to scope the airport. This applies in peculiar to those who live outside the locality with an airport. If they arrive in their own car, they can leave it in the parking lot of the property. Unfortunately, in the case of the Warsaw Chopin Airport, this is more complex.
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How long can you afford Kiss and Fly? Chopin Airport changes the rules for utilizing the zone
As the "Gazeta Wyborcza" reports, Chopin Airport has not late complained about deficiency of work. Unfortunately, this is not always a affirmative experience for travellers, especially erstwhile it comes to parking. In garages outside the driver's terminal, they frequently effort unsuccessfully to find free seats. This condition worsened the closure of the P1 parking lot which due to its method condition occurred in August 2024. It is not to be utilized until September and October.
Meanwhile, passengers are assisted by parking lots operating around the airport. They are mainly utilized by people who commute to Warsaw. Here they can leave their car, paying a fee (about PLN 200 per week), and under the terminal they are given a peculiar bus. It stops in the "Kiss and Fly" region where a halt for 7 minutes is free. However, this has late changed and the airport has introduced an additional fee of PLN 9 for the 4th and each subsequent entry into the region during the day.
We enter the Kiss and Fly region 40-70 times a day. If we do not miss it in 7 minutes, which happens often, the additional fee is 30 PLN. We protested, but the airport does not agree to abolish these charges
- explained in an interview with "Stoleczna" Łukasz Krasuski, president of the Airport Parking Association in Warsaw. The owners of private parking lots, however, do not intend to leave it this way.
Fees for the "Kiss and Fly" region at Chopin Airport versus private parking companies. The conflict is getting worse
Airport Parking Associations form a full of 24 companies, which offer a full of over 15,000 parking spaces. They usage 35-40 1000 vehicles each month. By additional fees introduced by Chopin Airport, the usage of the region "Kiss and Fly" cost them PLN 548 1000 in April. According to the calculation of the car parkers per year, these expenses will amount to PLN 5-6 million. For this reason, they sent an open letter to the authorities of Polish airports, in which they compose "about scandal and extortion of money". In addition, there was a threat of a roadblock to the airport. The letter besides went to Prime Minister Donald Tusk and president of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski. On 22 May there was to be a parking lot gathering to find further steps. See also: They're going to be putting in tickets for unfastening their seat belts. Large change at airports
Piotr Rudzki from the press office of Chopin Airport informed "Election" that the decision to introduce additional fees was made due to rising maintenance costs. Moreover, according to him, private parking companies overcharge their own costs due to the fact that each entry into the "Kiss and Fly" region is converted into 1 person, even though buses usually carry more passengers. At the same time, he points out that the airport is open to conversation.
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