Flat $60 fare to CBD to stamp out rip-offs begins November 3
After a long flight to Sydney, migration, luggage waiting and queues for customs and quarantine, taxi feels like the end of the line for travelers.
Now they will join the CBD from Kingsford-Smith International Airport to CBD, New York and Paris, and will be greeted after a complaint about crazy overpriced fees.
A taxi from Sydney Airport to the city will receive a $ 60 fee under a hearing from 3 November.Credit: Dallas Kilponen
As before Forerunner In JuneFor a 13 -kilometer journey, the $ 60 apartment fee, independent pricing and the regulatory court proposal to be shaken by the taxi operations, after November 3, a year will be held for a year.
In addition to fixed wages, passengers and airport access fees should not be transferred to passengers. Changes do not apply to Rideshare operators such as Uber.
The NSW government said that the measure will help to address the robbery that alleviates the descent experience for tourists, other visitors and returning Sydneysiders, which have led taxi drivers to a fine of 1100 since the introduction of the taxi fee in November 2022.
In one case, a Sydney driver who refused to use a counter, received a $ 188.76 overseas family for a trip from the international terminal to a CBD hotel. The driver was fined $ 2000.
The government said that the application of over -charging and refusing to use the meters has led to the promotional drivers in the arrival hall of the airport. Approximately 5000 taxis per day to get visitors from international and domestic terminals.
NSW Transportation Minister John Graham said that many visitors did not receive a “hot welcome and fair gone ve and the hearing aims to address it.
