Originally Posted by
cordelli
At many airports, they are farmed out to companies like smartcart. The only way they will take over something like that is if they can make money off of it, which means people have to pay.
The only way many airports will continue to offer courts is if it doesn't cost them anything.
Indeed, airports actually make money off Smart Carts
A Smarte Carte luggage cart concession provides superior service through a no cost, revenue-generating solution. Smarte Carte provides the luggage carts and cart management units at no charge, conserving your capital dollars. We own, operate and maintain the equipment, manage the service - and we pay you a commission on the revenues collected!
Our concession program is targeted to airports and other high traffic transportation centers.
That's where the problem is. Passengers are forgotten, The service is supposed to be a facility for passengers, not airports or their management. @:-)