A 'meet and greet' Heathrow Airport parking firm is dumping them on the roadside instead despite promising customers will be kept securely, MailOnline can reveal.
Mercedes and Audi cars worth over £50,000 are left unattended along a busy road for days.
Not only are they in danger of being stolen, but the narrow road they are parked along has lorries thundering past through the day putting them at risk of damage.
More than 20 cars that had been collected by Air Time Parking were parked on the side of the road on a busy industrial estate two miles from the airport.
Air Time Parking, a 'meet and greet' parking firm at Heathrow Airport, is dumping cars on the roadside instead despite promising customers will be kept securely
More than 20 cars that had been collected by Air Time Parking were parked on the side of the road on a busy industrial estate two miles from the airport
Three vehicles were illegally parked on the pavement outside and left jutting out into the road forcing lorries to pull on to the wrong side of the road to go past them
Not only are they in danger of being stolen, but the narrow road they are parked along has lorries thundering past through the day putting them at risk of damage
On its website Air Time Parking claimsL 'Your car will be safely parked in one of our compounds which are 24/7 patrolled by our security staff and covered by CCTV'
Three vehicles were illegally parked on the pavement outside and left jutting out into the road forcing lorries to pull on to the wrong side of the road to go past them.
Fed-up workers at nearby factories told MailOnline they were sick of cars being left on the road for days at a time.
'The cars are just dumped here and do not move for weeks' said a worker at a nearby bakery.
'The people who pay to have their car left in a secure location are being conned. The road is not secure, and there is no CCTV keeping watch over them.
'If I had paid to have my car locked in a secure area I'd be horrified and feel ripped off.
On its website Air Time Parking boasts that 'security is our watchword'.
They claim: 'Your car will be safely parked in one of our compounds which are 24/7 patrolled by our security staff and covered by CCTV.'
Security cameras can be seen over the compound where the majority of the cars are kept – but those parked on the road are not monitored.
The company is owned by Jyoti Kaushal, 32, (pictured) who is the sole director, according to Companies House after it was set up 18 months ago. She refused to comment to MailOnline
Ms Kaushal, a parish councillor, lives in a £2.6m home in the village of Iver in Buckinghamshire (pictured), which has a fleet of luxury cars parked in the drive
MailOnline visited the site of the firm in Blackthorn Road, near Colnbrook, twice this week and cars in the road had not moved during that 24 hour period.
They are not illegally parked but taking up valuable space that others who work on the Poyle Industrial estate would like to use.
On its website the company carries the PassMark seal of approval which is given to companies that have achieved the requirements of a risk assessment conducted by the Police and the British Parking Association.
It is owned by 32-year-old Jyoti Kaushal, a parish councillor who lives in a £2.6m home in the village of Iver in Buckinghamshire.
She is listed as the sole director of Air Time Parking with Companies House after it was set up 18 months ago. She refused to comment when contacted by Mail Online.
Her brother Sonny is the manager of the firm and he denied he was misleading customers by leaving their vehicles unattended on a road.
He said staff were paid £12 an hour to watch over the cars parked in the road.
He claimed the vehicles were parked on the roadside temporarily while space was made in his compound.
'I am doing nothing wrong. Are the cars illegally parked?' he said.
'The cars are perfectly safe in the road. I am just making space for them.'
The company has received many positive reviews for the 'friendly and courteous' staff but one reviewer writing on Google last month said his car had sustained £450 worth of damage.
Fed-up factory staff working nearby said the cars including Mercedes and Audi cars worth £50k are left unattended on busy road for days
MailOnline visited the site of the firm in Blackthorn Road, near Colnbrook, on two separate occasions this week and cars in the road had not moved during that 24 hour time period
Airtime Parking's top of the range 'meet and greet' for a week's stay in March is £103.88. Those using the park and ride service being ferried to and from the airport in a mini bus, pay £65.42
The reviewer called Daniel Dodson wrote: 'Used late November 2018. Drop off service was excellent. However collection service was slow - 30 minutes waiting at terminal from phone call. But the main problem was the damage - my car is now scratched and dented!
'This company has failed to deal with it so far or provide any resolution. Quotes to repair are £450 so I am not happy about this unexpected expense. They have not returned my many phone calls or responded to my email & subsequent letter.'
Air Time Parking offer some of the cheapest rates for travellers wanting to park near Heathrow rather than use the official car parks.
The company's top of the range 'meet and greet' for a week's stay in March is £103.88.
Travellers who use the park and ride service, where they are ferried to and from the terminals in a mini bus, are charged £65.42.
By comparison a company called GoodtoGo charges £106.99 for meet and greet and £80.55 for park and ride.
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