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There are to reasons airports need to charge rental companies if we ignore 'they are abusing their local monopoly'. The first is congestion due to the pick-up
by rocqua 9y ago
There are to reasons airports need to charge rental companies if we ignore 'they are abusing their local monopoly'.
The first is congestion due to the pick-up process. Clearly, this affects both the new players and the old players.
The second reason is land-use by the parking lots in which available cars are stored. This doesn't affect the new players.
Now, airports might be charging for both, and simply be afraid that the cash-cow of charging reasonably for the land-use of parking lots is going to disappear.
For a real answer, you'd need to actually compare the difference in cost between congestion and land-use.
- ghfbjdhhv 9y agoFrequently, the rental car facilities are some distance from the airport, and the airport is just gatekeeping a bus service to the off-site rental facility. I don't think that land that facility lies on is a very scarce resource. Having a driver meet you with a car at the terminal is a much better experience IMO, whether it's a taxi, a Lyft, or a rental. If the pickup area is too congested, the airport should address that problem directly with a toll to access that area. A targeted ban that happens to help incumbents in a particular industry doesn't seem like the best way.