The Saint Lucia Air and Seaport Authority (SLASPA) has announced an increase in car park rates at Hewanorra International Airport, citing the need to fund much-needed upgrades.
The new rates, which will take effect on January 27, are as follows: $5 per hour, $25 per day (beyond 10 hours), $100 per week, and a $50 lost ticket fee. The previous rates were $3 per hour, $2 per hour or part thereof after the first hour until the fifth hour, a daily rate of $15 (beyond six hours), and a $15 lost ticket fee.
According to SLASPA, the increased rates are being implemented to facilitate upgrades at the airport.
“These adjustments are part of our ongoing efforts to enhance the overall experience for all visitors by upgrading our facilities and delivering a higher standard of service,” it said in a press release.
The upgrades, which SLASPA outlined as the rationale for the rate hike, will include the modernisation of parking infrastructure, enhanced security features, improved lighting, and streamlined ticketing and payment systems.
SLASPA asserted that these changes will help it offer “a safer, more convenient, and customer-friendly parking experience.”
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This is Madness,price control where are you all hiding lucians you all crying you all have alot more crying to do.
I think the increased rates are justifiable. If we want improvements we should be willing to pay for them. If you’ve been anywhere you would know that parking rates are exponentially more. I just wish that S L A S P A was more active in their corporate social responsibility.
Upgrading of facilities!? Each airline passenger coming into UVF pays $63 USD included in their ticket price, paid to the GOVT of “Saint Lucia.” So do the quick maths for me… every passenger on every arriving flight, multiple flights a week, for a month. Fire for that, FOR A YEAR. WHAT IS THAT MONEY DOING?!
From American Airlines website:
FACILITATION CHARGE (SAINT LUCIA) – $0.40
SECURITY CHARGE (SAINT LUCIA) – $4.80
PASSENGER FACILITY FEE (SAINT LUCIA) – $5.00
AIRPORT SERVICE CHARGE (SAINT LUCIA) – $53.00
Wake up lucians.
I used to park at the airport when I traveled. Now this has become too expensive. Costs a lot less in fuel to have someone drop you off and pick you up. Another brain dead move from brain dead authorities. As someone else pointed out, airport maintenance is already paid for in ticket prices.
The increased rates are reasonable.
This is crazy, this is a 66.67% increase. One who have thought SLASPA would have increased the fees to $4 but to $5, come on now. This is robbery. We’ll I will now pack my vehicle outside.
Why must people be so unreasonable with their judgement or distant from basic common sense and analysis. They complain about 5 dollars an hour at an Airport, at an airport which is a high security facility …a 5 dollar fee that they would waste on alcohol without complaint! To the person who questioned what is govt doing with the passenger tax…..how much you think it is to maintain an airport and seaport, since you know finanace.