Passengers looking to leave Exeter Airport by taxi are facing a £10 extra charge to get to the city centre because of on-going road works.
A road widening work with one-way system, which is set to last another four weeks, means traffic leaving the airport has to use a diversion to the A3052 (Sidmouth Road).
At least one arrival at Exeter Airport, Roger Drew contacted the Echo to say he had been quoted £50 for a taxi journey to the city centre.
He said: "The driver blamed road works but such a fare is just totally outrageous."
But Steve Screech of Apple Central Taxis, the official airport taxi company operating from the taxi stand outside the arrivals building, dismissed the claim, although an extra charge was being imposed.
He said the road works problem was adding an extra half an hour to 40 minutes to journey times into Exeter.
"We don't want to but we do have an extra £10 charge because of the time involved."
Access to the airport from the A30 on the B3184 is unrestricted during the continuing road widening work.
The road works, which started January 5, will be in place on for approximately 6 weeks. This will be followed by nightly full road closures from approximately 7.15pm to 5am until mid-March.
