The Charlottetown Airport is raising parking fees starting Feb. 1 to help pay for its new parking system.

Doug Newson, the CEO of the Charlottetown Airport Authority, said in an interview with Island Morning's Laura Chapin that short-term parking rates will increase 16 per cent to $1.75 from $1.50 every 30 minutes, and long-term parking rates will increase six per cent.

"These are increases that we never like to implement, but obviously, like with everything else, our costs are going up, so we ha…