{
  "upcoming": [
    {
      "kind": "parking_guides",
      "when": "Next parking guides",
      "text": "Liverpool and Cardiff, one airport at a time. Each guide is checked against the airport's own pages before it goes live."
    }
  ],
  "updates": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-02",
      "iata": "NCL",
      "type": "correction",
      "text": "Newcastle corrected: the Express Car Park's exit takes cards only, but the airport says cash can still be paid at designated cash payment machines (we had described it as card only). We also now flag that the airport's own pages give two different sets of hours for the free Waiting Zone shuttle bus.",
      "source": "https://www.newcastleairport.com/car-parking/car-parking-options/"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-02",
      "iata": "LTN",
      "type": "correction",
      "text": "Luton corrected: the pick-up note still quoted the old charge of £7 for 10 minutes. Pick-ups use the same Drop Off and Pick Up Zone at the current £9 for up to 12 minutes.",
      "source": "https://www.london-luton.co.uk/to-and-from-lla/dropping-off"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-29",
      "iata": "EMA",
      "type": "rise",
      "text": "East Midlands Airport raised its Rapid Drop Off charge from £5 to £8 for up to 10 minutes (then £1 per minute to a 30-minute maximum), effective 3pm on 29 September 2026. The £5 fee had stood since 2021, so the charge is up 60% — and the free window is cut from 15 minutes to 10. Payment stays barrierless: pay online by midnight the day after your visit.",
      "source": "https://www.eastmidlandsairport.com/getting-to-and-from/pick-up-and-drop-off/"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-11",
      "iata": "LTN",
      "type": "rise",
      "text": "London Luton raised its drop-off charge from £7 to £9 for up to 12 minutes (then £1 per minute to a 30-minute maximum). It was £5 in 2024, so the charge has risen 80% in two years — the steepest increase in our index — and at £9 Luton is now the third-most-expensive UK drop-off, behind only Gatwick and Stansted at £10.",
      "source": "https://www.london-luton.co.uk"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-06",
      "iata": "LBA",
      "type": "rise",
      "text": "Leeds Bradford's fee history added: the Pick Up & Drop Off charge rose from £6.50 (introduced April 2024) to £8 for up to 10 minutes — up 23%. Flagged by a reader and confirmed against the airport's 2024 statement as reported by the Yorkshire Evening Post; the One Hour Free Zone remains in place.",
      "source": "https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/traffic-and-travel/leeds-bradford-airports-increased-drop-off-charges-bordering-on-the-ridiculous-4705756"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-01",
      "iata": "LPL",
      "type": "rise",
      "text": "Liverpool raised its Express gate rate from £6 to £7 for up to 10 minutes — its second rise in a year (£5 in 2025). The longer tiers (£10/20 min, £25/hour) are unchanged.",
      "source": "https://www.liverpoolairport.com/parking/express-drop-off"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-25",
      "iata": null,
      "type": "review",
      "text": "Full verification sweep of all 29 airports: drop-off zone locations, payment methods and deadlines, pick-up rules and Blue Badge arrangements checked against each airport's own pages.",
      "source": null
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-25",
      "iata": "EMA",
      "type": "correction",
      "text": "East Midlands corrected: the Rapid Drop Off is £5 for up to 15 minutes (we previously showed £6 for 30 minutes, a figure that belonged to Short Stay 1). The airport's page also confirms the lanes are drop-off only.",
      "source": "https://www.eastmidlandsairport.com/parking/pick-up-and-drop-off/"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-25",
      "iata": "LPL",
      "type": "rise",
      "text": "Liverpool's Express gate rate confirmed at £6 for 10 minutes — up from £5 in 2025. The rise is now in our fee-history table.",
      "source": "https://www.liverpoolairport.com/parking/express-drop-off"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-25",
      "iata": "SEN",
      "type": "correction",
      "text": "Southend updated: the Express area is barrierless ANPR paid online by midnight the following day, and the airport has withdrawn its free drop-off option entirely.",
      "source": "https://londonsouthendairport.com/getting-to-and-from/parking/express-pick-up-drop-off/"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-01",
      "iata": "CWL",
      "type": "rise",
      "text": "Cardiff raised its drop-off charge from £3 to £4.50 for 10 minutes (and £4.50 per additional 10 minutes) — up 50%.",
      "source": "https://www.cardiff-airport.com"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-03-19",
      "iata": "STN",
      "type": "rise",
      "text": "Stansted's Express Set Down changed to £10 for up to 15 minutes and £28 for over 15 minutes.",
      "source": "https://www.stanstedairport.com/parking/pick-up-and-drop-off/"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-03-09",
      "iata": "BFS",
      "type": "rise",
      "text": "Belfast International raised its drop-off charge from £3 to £5 for 10 minutes — a 66% jump, the sharpest single rise of 2026 so far. (Edinburgh's earlier £5 to £8.50 move was up 70%.)",
      "source": "https://www.belfastairport.com"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-01-06",
      "iata": "LCY",
      "type": "new-charge",
      "text": "London City introduced a drop-off charge for the first time: £8 for up to 5 minutes, £1 per additional minute to a 10-minute maximum, ANPR-enforced and paid online.",
      "source": "https://dropoff.londoncityairport.com"
    }
  ]
}