Finally, an improvement on the dreaded one-minute pick-up limit at Melbourne Airport. From today, driver’s picking up passengers from Tullamarine will have longer to get the job done with the addition of a new 10-minute free pick-up area.

“The new zone has 200 bays and will help reduce pressure points at the existing free public pick-up lanes,” chief of parking and ground access Lorie Argus tells the Herald Sun.

Stay longer than 10 minutes and fees will begin to accrue, starting at $8 for an additional five minutes and $12 to park for up to 30 minutes ($4 more expensive than standard drive-up parking fees). The 10-minute pick-up zone operates on a timed ticket and boom gate system.