By Fotis Fotinos
BEAT is making a significant change in its trade policy. From today at noon, the company imposes pre-rental costs on the passenger.
Although this decision is burdening the passenger, the company aspires to “attract” more taxi drivers to its platform, as it has been experiencing losses lately.
According to transport experts, the rise in fuel prices has pushed more and more taxi drivers not to choose BEAT routes (the commission amounts to 9.7% before VAT), judging them “unprofitable”.
Also, many taxi drivers were channeled to the islands or were content to choose routes exclusively for airports or ports.
The change in the commercial policy of BEAT comes at a time when there is a significant increase in demand for taxis, which is + 61% compared to 2019.
As mentioned above, with this move, BEAT aspires to attract more taxi drivers, in order to meet the increased demand and – until – as everything shows, the Ministry of Transport, in consultation with the Ministry of Finance, to adjust the taxi tariffs.
Source: Capital
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