Airport commissioners approve fee hike for taxi, rideshare services at LAX

The Board of Airport Commissioners on Tuesday approved a hike in fees that taxi and rideshare companies pay for access to Los Angeles International Airport.

The board voted unanimously to increase the $4 fee to $6 for all companies providing passenger pick-ups and drop-offs at the airport, either within the terminal area or at the LAX-It lot.

The fee is expected to increase to $12 for pickups or drop-offs within the central terminal area.

The aim is to ease traffic in the horseshoe-shaped central terminal area and encourage people to use the SkyLink system — the LAX people mover — when it opens, either later this year of in 2027.

Companies like Uber and Lyft pay a roughly $4 fee to pick up or drop off passengers at LAX. Taxi companies pay $4 to pick up passengers, while limousines and similar services pay $5. Taxis and limos do not pay any fees for passenger drop-offs.

Such fees are traditionally passed on to passengers.