Leeds Bradford Airport

£2 to travel through the drop off point is a disgrace. I don't want to stop or take my time (30 mins) I just want to drop someone off. There is minimal notice until you get into the one way system by which time of course you can't legally turn back. I have never before seen such a blatantly unfair charge at an airport LBA you should be ashamed of yourselves.

The £2 charge to pass through drop off areas is outrageous. I will travel from Harrogate to Manchester airport by train door to door even though it is further and cost more. How much longer is the LBA brand going to be damaged for?

My daughter dropped me off and was astounded to have to pay £2 to pass through this area. Previously used this you could drop off passengers as long as you weren't more than 10 mins. This doesn't encourage people to use this airport.

The introduction of a £2 drop-off or pick-up charge at the nearest car park to the airport is outrageous. The free alternative is half a mile from the terminal involving a shuttle bus ride. This will lead to people parking outside the airport boundary to wait for flights and gives the airport a really bad name.

The only positive thing I can really say about LBA is that it is close to where I live. That used to be a great advantage because it meant that I could be dropped off by a relative rather than having to park or get a taxi. My father hadn't expected the charge and didn't have money with him. It was only due to someone's generosity that he was able to leave the car park. Security and passport control are overly busy with inconsistent instructions being given to people. When you eventually get to the departure lounge the toilets are dirty and there is no where to sit. Tables in the upstairs cafe are full of dirty trays and the staff struggle to cope with a queue. So many people were queuing for the shops downstairs that people could not get off the down-escalator causing a pile-up. Getting rid of the shop would make things more pleasant for people but the cynic in me thinks that would be the last thing to go. When you arrive back and want a taxi there is a strange system. What's wrong with a normal rank like every other airport. LBA used to be a good regional airport but it has seriously deteriorated in the last few years.

The £2 drop off fee should be the final nail in this dismal Airport you spend more time walking up steps and then down the other side. It has no rail link and no fast road link traffic jams all around due to no dual carriage ways. And any wind or Fog and your flights is cancelled anyway.

The new £2 charge simply for driving past the terminal is another nail in the coffin of what used to be a pleasant experience i.e. using a small regional airport. It's a long drag up from the "free" long-stay car park only to find the first terminal doors that you come to are locked! If you do drop off and pay the fee it's still a long way to get inside because of paranoia about security. I have never seen an airport this bad including Heathrow Gatwick Manchester and Geneva. Dreadful in bad weather. It's wrong that traffic wardens should patrol the service roads to enable a private company to extort this rip-off charge from people. Most of the upstairs seating (there isn't any downstairs) has been ripped out to make a bigger cafe so people clog up all the tables instead so if you are actually wishing to eat there are no free tables. This was probably a deliberate policy so people will pay to use the lounge. Flying nowadays isn't a barrel of laughs with all the security etc but LBA makes it much worse.

Not a very pleasant experience. My flight was at 9 am and therefore after the main rush but the whole terminal appeared to be jammed with people in corners between shops and bars. Very poorly laid out. The one consolation was that the Business Lounge was a pleasant refuge from all of this. The airport badly needs a terminal capable of handling its passenger load and better road access. With those it could be a good experience as the staff were uniformly pleasant and helpful.

Arrived only once at LBA. After a long walk from a low cost air park welcomed by a very steep and long staircase plus other mixed obstacles Then a very long walk to the passport control with a nice view of the tarmac. Usually I only walk that long when moving from terminal A to terminal B not in a single terminal airport. My experience at the arrivals was very quick as the 757 bus to Leeds city station was there for me. What I keep positive from the experience is the feeling of landing in a windy natural green environment which gives me an idea of what flying should have been many decades ago.

LBA-AMS-JNB return. LBA is a shabby and grubby airport. We had the misfortune to travel at peak holiday season. Full of loud rude people. Very poor facilities for such a large catchment area. The drop off charge is a rip off and so are the other parking charges. As a regular traveller to South Africa Heathrow though a longer drive is a far better experience.