Airport.

[Omobono]

its only £2-80 on the bus from the Liverpool   airport to the pier head , and sea cat   and a bus every 15 minutes ,   same if you are catching a train south to London , super service  why pay extra for a taxi , ?

[snowman]

5 minutes ago, Banker said:

Jersey possibly getting another route which is handy for London 

https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2023/05/11/detailed-discussions-on-return-of-jersey-flight-route/

Higher population = higher demand

[Omobono]

9 minutes ago, snowman said:

Higher population = higher demand

No more switched on government and better airport management  they are leaving us for dead at the moment we are a laughing stock !

[Bazza Smurf]

14 minutes ago, Omobono said:

its only £2-80 on the bus from the Liverpool   airport to the pier head , and sea cat   and a bus every 15 minutes ,   same if you are catching a train south to London , super service  why pay extra for a taxi , ?

Cases, tired kids, sore ankle, unsure of where exactly I was, 4 of us. 

[swoopy2110]

34 minutes ago, Omobono said:

its only £2-80 on the bus from the Liverpool   airport to the pier head , and sea cat   and a bus every 15 minutes ,   same if you are catching a train south to London , super service  why pay extra for a taxi , ?

Its only 2 quid at the moment as they've kept the fare cap for ages.

Also, you just get on and tap your card.. no waiting for the faffing about for the driver to have to input the destination and print a ticket either !

[Bazza Smurf]

1 hour ago, Nom de plume said:

300 drivers does not equate to 300 cabs on the road, nor the cartel fare rigging.

just saying .....

As promised. Some areas may have new fares since January this year, but this is the hackney list (not private hire/minicabs) that work from mileage predominantly in the UK. Here most seem to use meters which will result in the same as the hackney fare. 

 

https://www.phtm.co.uk/newspaper/taxi-fares-league-tables

[Ativa]

45 minutes ago, Omobono said:

its only £2-80 on the bus from the Liverpool   airport to the pier head , and sea cat   and a bus every 15 minutes ,   same if you are catching a train south to London , super service  why pay extra for a taxi , ?

Because it’s quicker, and nicer, and takes you to exactly where you want to go?

[Blade Runner]

2 hours ago, Nom de plume said:

300 drivers does not equate to 300 cabs on the road, nor the cartel fare rigging.

just saying .....

Because the Mainland taxis have a MUCH MUCH bigger population to work for and the UK gov Does not try and compete?

Everything will be more expensive on a small island, that is how it works.

If you don't like it move to Yorkshire, Gods own County, there is a boat in the morning..........................

 

🙂 

[NoTailT]

One for @John Wright - we are not unique.

 

[asitis]

You see it quite frequently that the top people of any organisation who do not actually understand the fundamental 'business' of the organisation make the wrong decisions.

I borrowed this from 'Gladys' on the health service thread (thanks). Never has anything been so true for the airport for many years and probably still to continue. HR IOM have a lot to answer for in personnel recruitment.

[John Wright]

10 minutes ago, NoTailT said:

One for @John Wright - we are not unique.

 

I’d seen that.

I don’t know any airport that doesn’t outsource.

There needs to be a performance standard, fines for non compliance, and EU261 type compo for PRM passengers who are forgotten/delayed, have to crawl on/off planes.

[The Voice of Reason]

7 hours ago, swoopy2110 said:

"Many passengers do not have access to an app at all. Let alone in the UK".

Gatwick airport has free wifi. Most people will have a smartphone - Your statement is just not true.
Technology is everything now. It's quicker to sort your own things out.

If you had to wait for them to sort through 180 passengers in a queue, how long do you think it would take members of staff to book replacement flights / hotels? How many staff would you be expecting them to have to sort through the queue while also dealing with other ongoings in the airport?

It's just not realistic.

What happened in these situations way back in the mists of time, pre apps and smartphones?

I do have a dim recollection of such an occurrence where the airline, or their agents, did try and sort you out. OK by the very nature it took a long time to sort everyone out

Fair enough those confident and savvy enough should, and will, avail themselves of that facility (app) and sort themselves out. They probably would prefer to do that.

Which should leave only a minority to be assisted by real people,being employees, agents of the airline who should have contingency measures in place given that these delays and cancellations occur from time to time.

What for example of the lone traveller with a certain disability(ies) be they physical or mental which would result in them struggling, or not being able,to make their own arrangements.

It’s not good enjoy to just say “ sorry, flight cancelled, sort yourself out” and we may reimburse you.

Is there not any legislation imposing a duty of care on these carriers?

[alpha-acid]

43 minutes ago, The Voice of Reason said:

What happened in these situations way back in the mists of time, pre apps and smartphones?

I do have a dim recollection of such an occurrence where the airline, or their agents, did try and sort you out. OK by the very nature it took a long time to sort everyone out

Fair enough those confident and savvy enough should, and will, avail themselves of that facility (app) and sort themselves out. They probably would prefer to do that.

Which should leave only a minority to be assisted by real people,being employees, agents of the airline who should have contingency measures in place given that these delays and cancellations occur from time to time.

What for example of the lone traveller with a certain disability(ies) be they physical or mental which would result in them struggling, or not being able,to make their own arrangements.

It’s not good enjoy to just say “ sorry, flight cancelled, sort yourself out” and we may reimburse you.

Is there not any legislation imposing a duty of care on these carriers?

Would you expect a Train or Bus service to do that

[Gladys]

46 minutes ago, The Voice of Reason said:

What happened in these situations way back in the mists of time, pre apps and smartphones?

I do have a dim recollection of such an occurrence where the airline, or their agents, did try and sort you out. OK by the very nature it took a long time to sort everyone out

Fair enough those confident and savvy enough should, and will, avail themselves of that facility (app) and sort themselves out. They probably would prefer to do that.

Which should leave only a minority to be assisted by real people,being employees, agents of the airline who should have contingency measures in place given that these delays and cancellations occur from time to time.

What for example of the lone traveller with a certain disability(ies) be they physical or mental which would result in them struggling, or not being able,to make their own arrangements.

It’s not good enjoy to just say “ sorry, flight cancelled, sort yourself out” and we may reimburse you.

Is there not any legislation imposing a duty of care on these carriers?

Flying is now a high volume, cost-aware business.  You can't expect to be cradled by airlines, which are no longer the exclusive pamperers of years gone by. 

[alpha-acid]

1 minute ago, Gladys said:

Flying is now a high volume, cost-aware business.  You can't expect to be cradled by airlines, which are no longer the exclusive pamperers of years gone by. 

Exactly same as Trains and buses, well almost