High fees on taxi drivers at Dublin Airport compounding ride shortages, Free Now tells government

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Taxi company says that 75% of taxis which travel to the airport leave without customers due to rules requiring them to have a permit, which costs €440 per year

Free Now, the taxi-hailing platform, told the government that high fees imposed on drivers by DAA were exacerbating ride shortages at Dublin Airport.

The company wrote to a number of TDs last October to complain about the airport’s rule that drivers who want to pick up passengers from the airport’s main taxi rank have to buy a permit, which costs €440 for a year. Taxi drivers must also make a minimum of 120 trips over ...

 

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And yet free now is putting up their technology fee by €1-€5 per trip

So the excessive charges that are levied by the DAA at Dublin Airport customers result in inefficient transport options and greater carbon emissions?

Hhmmmmmm....€1.20 a day over the calender year for the permit seems EXTORTIONATE 🤣

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