‘Time for a fair fare’: Sydney Airport taxi fares about to be capped during 12-month trial
The authorities took action to stop the meters of the bandit taxi drivers and to stop the passengers.
Taxi fees from Sydney Airport to CBD are about to be limited at a 12 -month hearing starting from 3 November.
Cabbies will only be able to charge a fixed fee of $ 60 and will not be able to cover additional passage fees or additional fees to passengers.
Plain fees have been introduced in other major cities around the world, including New York’s JFK Airport.
Taxis of up to 5000 and take passengers from international and domestic terminals at Sydney Airport every day, but some drivers turn off their meters and passengers close their big wages for a short journey in the city.
Since the NSW Point to Transport Commission was introduced in November 2022, the taxi fee was fined more than 1100.
The Commission, Sydney for the first time taking advantage of travelers taxi drivers often receive complaints, hotel concerns of the guests of the 13 -kilometer trip for more than $ 150 dollars reported.
A Sydney Cabbie was sentenced to $ 2000 to land from international terminal to a $ 188 wage to a $ 188 -dollar to a family from the international terminal.
The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Court (IPART) found that customers complained about the excessive wages, the drivers refused to use meters, and at the end of the journey, they found unexpected wages.
Transportation Minister John Graham said there was an experience for many Sydney visitors after landing on the rank of Cab.
“A bad experience for tourists can be organized all over the world in 2025 and we must be awake in maintaining the good image of Sydney’s good images for decades,” he said.
“A fair fee is time every time.”
Nick Abraham, Chairman of the NSW Taxi Council, said that this is a positive step and that the industry welcomed the government’s wage hearing.
Abraham, used taxis and Sydney CBD by entering the fee paid by the passengers gave certain and confidence, he said.
He said that if the hearing had been a success, they wanted to see that the set fee expanded to other important places in Sydney and was used to return to the airport.
“The more certainty and confidence we can give to the passengers, the more the likelihood of seeing passengers returned to taxis and using these services,” he said.
Taxi industry boss, the meters closing taxi drivers to the point to be brought to the point of complaints to be brought to the point of about 0.2 percent of all trips, he said.
“Unfortunately, it is still important enough for people to talk about it and report about it, and it is enough to damage the good work done by the majority of hardworking drivers in our industry,” he said.
“This is a good precaution to stamp this.”
Sydney Airport General Manager Scott Charlton said that the fixed wage hearing makes Sydney equal to cities like New York and Paris, and it is an important step to improve the passenger experience for travelers for the city.
“More than 40 million people pass through Sydney Airports every year, and for many of them are when Australia’s first experiences enter a taxi. It is a positive step to know how much they will pay to reach the city,” he said.
Point Point Transportation Commissioner Anthony Wing said that the hearing would help stop excessive charging before the hearing took place, and that every driving in NSW will complete the work of the inspectors on the street to ensure that it is safe.
