Cabs

Starting December 26, BIAL said in a statement that the free parking time at T1 arrivals has been increased to 15 minutes

Forced to walk 1.5 km with luggage, ‘overstay’ rules spark chaos at Bengaluru airport

Passengers, including senior citizens and children, complain of long walks to parking zones after BIAL rolled out new pick-up rules at Kempegowda International Airport

Double whammy: Bengaluru airport cab crunch deepens as BluSmart, Refex pull out

Passengers travelling to and from Kempegowda International Airport face a double whammy as two electric cab operators, BluSmart and Refex eVeelz, halt services.

‘No AC campaign’: Why cab operators are refusing to turn on AC in Hyderabad

The protest begins from today with the cab union asking for a uniform fare structure from ride-hailing firms

Bengaluru airport launches electric taxis for passengers

Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has decided to convert all airside and landside vehicles to electric

Bengaluru airport: Now, cabs need to pay Rs 150 for entry, private vehicles to pay fee beyond 7 mins

Chaos erupted at Bengaluru airport today following the sudden introduction of entry fees without any prior notice. BIAL said stay and overstay charges are for vehicles accessing the arrival pick-up lanes at Terminal 1 and 2.

Bengaluru-based ride hailing startup viaDOTS plans to onboard 50,000 cab drivers

 The company claims zero onboarding fees for drivers and assures passengers of no surge pricing

Karnataka govt to launch Ola-Uber-like app by February: Transport minister

Karnataka e-Governance recommends that state transport department outsource the development and maintenance of the app; Transport minister Ramalinga Reddy say they will finalise details after a meeting with stakeholders  

After Hyderabad, Rapido expands cab services to Bengaluru; applies for licence

This development comes on the heels of Ola's launch of electric bike taxi services in Bengaluru, a segment dominated by Rapido.

Bengaluru airport trains cancelled by railways citing low ridership, staff shortage; passengers fume

KIA halt station, located 3.5km from the KIA terminal, was built by BIAL at a cost of around Rs 3 crore, and was inaugurated on January 4, 2021.

Mumbai lawyer misses flight due to Uber driver’s late arrival, detour, to be compensated

She took her case to a consumer forum, that issued a notice to Uber and ordered it to pay her Rs 20,000.

Watch: US cab driver kicks out passenger for racist comment

Lyft, the company with which the driver works, said it was grateful to him for quickly shutting down hate and upholding its no-tolerance policy against discrimination.

Surge pricing by cabs in Delhi can't be more than twice the base fare: Draft aggregators scheme

The cab aggregators currently exercise surge pricing on the rise of demand from commuters but there was no regulation of it by the Delhi government.

Ola to cut staff count as it plans to go public: Report

The majority of cuts would be from the operations team

Panel suggests smaller taxis for Maharashtra cities except Mumbai

Taxis slightly bigger than autos may offer more affordable travel in cities such as Pune, Nashik, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Solapur

Soon, Ola cabs will drive to your doorstep with cash

Yes Bank and Ola yesterday launched a mobile ATM service where customers of any bank can withdraw up to Rs 2,000 per card from PoS terminals from Ola cabs located near Yes Bank branch/ATM across 30 locations in 10 cities of the country.

StanC, Uber in global tie-up to offer discounts to riders

Foreign lender Standard Chartered Bank today announced a tie-up with Uber under which its credit cardholders, across six countries, will get a cash-back of up to 25 per cent for hailing cabs from the app.

Delhi govt likely to revise auto, taxi fares next month

The four-member fare-fixation committee consisting of officials of Delhi Transport Department will submit its report to the government on fare revision soon.

No diesel cabs in NCR from Sunday;SC declines to extend deadline

A plea for extension by diesel taxi owners, who told the apex court that there is no technology to convert diesels to CNG mode, was dismissed on saturday.

Ola to make Wi-Fi available across categories soon

Transportation app Ola will soon extend Wi-Fi services to users across segments including Micro, Mini and even autorickshaws.

Aashish Chopra from ixigo Named Content Marketer of the Year

ixigo, India’s leading mobile travel search app added yet another feather in its cap by winning the DMAi Content Marketer Of The ...

Aashish Chopra from ixigo Named Content Marketer of the Year

ixigo, India’s leading mobile travel search app added yet another feather in its cap by winning the DMAi Content Marketer Of The ...

Uber pledges to enlist 1 million female drivers by 2020

The ride service did not provide comparable figures for how many women drivers are on the Uber service worldwide at present. In the United States, about 14 percent of its 160,000 drivers are female, the company said. Uber said it adds thousands more drivers each month.