British Airways and BMI have recently spoke their mind about the increasing costs of domestic flights at Heathrow Airport. The increasing fees at Heathrow airport have been attacked by two of the biggest airlines in the UK.

Departure fees of all Heathrow domestic services will rise by more than 50 percent in April, meaning that they will jump from £13.43 to £20.25 per passenger. This increase comes on top of a rise in Air Passenger Duty as well. Airlines are now scared, with all of these increases in fees, passengers are going to be priced out of flying.

Any flights that are departing from Heathrow to other British airports are now subject to the same fees as European services. BMI described the move as unjustifiable. The airline said that it would consider taking legal action against the airport.

The BMI chief executive, Wolfgang Prock Schauer, said that the new charges will lead to higher prices of domestic flights. It will cause massive inconvenience to all travelers using this airport. This will also be a major blow to the economies of Scotland and Northern Ireland, which depend very heavily on air connectivity to and from Heathrow.

A spokesman for British Airways, which operates some 40 percent of flights to and from Heathrow, said that the increase in charges would result in a decline in passenger numbers from regional airports. After all, people are going to be looking for the cheapest flights and airlines using Heathrow cannot offer such prices with increased fees.

This is just yet more bad news for the flying community. Hopefully this new problem gets worked out quickly or everyone is going to be stuck paying higher plane tickets.

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