By Alesha Capone
Avalon Airport has announced that it will slash its parking fees by 25 per cent across all short term and long term parking areas for the next two months.
The news comes after Melbourne Airport raised fees by up to 25 per cent for hundreds of its parking spaces.
Avalon’s chief executive Justin Giddings said: “There are many great, but unknown benefits that come with flying at Avalon Airport. Not only is parking cheaper, it’s also more convenient.
“All parking – both long term and short term – are located right outside the terminals, just metres away from check-in.”
During the two months, parking in Avalon’s short term area will cost $4 for 15-30 minutes, $7 for 45 minutes-1 hour, $36 for 4-24 hours, $96 for seven days and $149 for 14 days.
In the long term area, parking will cost $29 for 4-24 hours, $66 for 7 days and $99 for 14 days.
Avalon Airport’s 25 per cent off parking will concludes at midnight on Tuesday, March 31.
To receive the discount drivers will need to exit the car park during that period.
The airport also announced last week that it will become the first in Australia to provide self-service check-in kiosks and bag drops for travellers, with Elenium Automation.
Avalon and Elenium have announced a partnership, in which the airport will invest in self-service and automation technology in the terminal to replace manual check-in desks.
Avalon Airport will adopt Elenium’s full suite of automation technologies, including self-service check-in kiosks, bag drop technology, the CUSS (Common User Self Service) platform and ‘Flight Deck’ software.
This will allow Avalon’s operational team to have an overview of events across their entire kiosk and bag drop portfolio, and to reslove issues before they occur.
Sixteen self-service kiosks, which can be moved around the airport for use by different airlines as needed, will be used at Avalon.
Elenium will also deliver eight hybrid bag drops that have the flexibility to operate in either full self-service or human-assisted mode.
Elenium’s bag drop uses cameras that automatically zoom and focus to find a bag tag’s barcode.
