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DavidFid:
We live in Diss on the Norfolk / Suffolk border and always chose between Stansted and Norwich on price alone, our 2011 holiday to Corfu was £100 per head cheaper from Stansted but Norwich is £50 cheaper for 2012 - similar dates, same destination. We factor in the development fee. The journey time difference is about 20 mins or less if the Norwich ring road is clogged. 

Wouldn't want the airport choice to get get smaller absolutely hate the journey to and the experience of Gatwick.

Our eldest son travels to Trondheim on a regular basis, at one time Norwegian flew direct from Stansted which was great, however since the economic downturn they have merged the Stansted and Gatwick services and of course just fly from Gatwick, a real pain.

Lets encourage local services and fight against the increasing "Londoncentric" nature of the this country.
   

hain:
Hi, having booked a holiday to corfu for next year, was really fed up to hear that norwich has upped its so called development fee to £10, it was now going to cost my party an extra £60, for what reason i have no idea has having travelled several times from norwich airport cannot really see what they are using the money for, but was pleased to receive a letter from thomson, who we booked with stating that as long as we had booked our holiday before 27th september 2011 and departing after 3rd january 2012 would only have to pay the £5 fee so long as we have proof of booking the holiday before this date. Do not know if this applies to everybody that has booked a holiday or flight from norwich airport but if you have booked before the 27th september and have not been told this it would be worth while checking to see if it applies to you as well, good luck!

tonyco1:
I wonder if other Airports will also use this scam as well??

Jimbo:
Only ones I can find are Newquay and Knock (in Ireland). The Indian Supreme Court ruled that Delhi and Mumbai could NOT charge a fee.

I would think that most airports cover this in their landing fees and operators build that into their costs.

Norwich Airport is owned by Omniport, which says it has a portfolio of regional airports - ermm - yes: Norwich and Maastricht! Norwich City Council own 19.9% after they sold most of it to Omniport.

Best info I can get on Omniport is that they lost £5.5 million last year. So that's where the money's going!

tenbeech:
How cynical of you Jimbo     Surely  the money is going to develop the airport ! !     

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