How Melbourne Airport has Faced the High Parking Costs Issue

One of the main concerns, when we set up plane travel, is saving as much as we can. Flights are expensive not only because of the tickets’ fee but also for all the so-called ancillary costs that everyone is forced to bear. This is the main reason why a small group of qualified companies has set up a series of airport parking services at lower cost than the usual parking fees in many airports all over the world. The last and most significant example of this policy is the Melbourne Airport long term parking service arranged by Parkos: an initiative that is contributing substantially to solve the terminal’s long-standing problem of parking.

The Australian hub – one of the most important ones in the country, second only to the Sydney Airport – has been struggling with high parking costs for a long time. The discomfort of all the parking options present in the airport’s area was so clear that many travellers just gave up in advance on getting there by car unless they had a second person available on board to get the vehicle back home once they got to their destination. To put it simply, parking the car at the airport for a short or long-term period wasn’t an option.  At the very least, even a shuttle bus was considered a better solution.

Nevertheless, Melbourne Airport parking policies have changed dramatically in the last years. A renewed interest in low-cost solutions has pushed the hub’s management to open their ancillary services to new companies, able to contain the costs within certain limits. Moreover, many new useful services have been introduced and/or significantly upgraded such as a valet park service, a service area and new spots for heavy goods vehicles. Now the Melbourne Airport looks not only like a modern and finely designed location but also like a comfortable and (finally) traveller-friendly spot.

The results are more than meaningful. The new parking policy has pushed many travellers to move to the airport by their cars, leaving them in place during their absence. This meant a significant improvement even on the road traffic to and from the airport. In fact, more cars left on the airport’s parking lots means fewer cars going back and forth from the hub. It should be pointed out that Melbourne Airport is located 14 miles (about 23 km) away from the city centre.

Parking solutions are not the only improvement made upon the Australian hub recently. A massive refurbishment has been operated on the internal setting of the airport as well. More specifically, all the arrivals area especially the waiting hall has been redesigned in order to offer beyond 16,000 people passing through it every day. It is now a more comfortable and suitable place to stay and/or transit from. This all is part of an overall renovation and restructuring project that should allow Melbourne Airport to absorb part of the Sydney Airport’s air traffic. The purpose is to avoid travellers congestions in Sydney by redistributing the arrivals. A mid-term goal whose first results are already visible in both terminals.