Scott said he would pay $500 a year in Milwaukee, where the airport charges an annual fee, and about $4,000 a year in Kansas City, where the airport charge hotel shuttle operators per-room. Lowell Scott, a part owner of the Holiday Inn on Fleur Drive, said the fees would cost the hotel about $15,000 a year nearly double what the airport estimated. Shuttle operators said a per-trip will be more onerous than the monthly or annual fees other Midwest airports charge and the costs could be passed on to travelers.Īirport officials said per-trip fees will ensure the companies that use the airport facilities the most will pay their fair share to maintain them.
The fees do not apply to passenger vehicles.
Taxis, buses and other commercial vehicles will begin paying fees next year to shuttle passengers to and from the Des Moines International Airport.ĭespite protests from limousine and hotel shuttle operators, the Des Moines Airport Authority Board voted Tuesday to impose per-trip fees starting in April.
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