Decks cleared for IGI airport radio taxi tender

New Delhi: The Commonwealth Games may also see healthy competition among major players running efficient, metered, air-conditioned radio taxi services to ferry passengers from the Capital’s commercial airport terminals.
Delhi High Court has thrown out the challenge by an association of taxi operators against an “arbitrary” tender initiated by the Delhi International Airport Private Limited (DIAPL), a subsidiary of the Airport Authority of India, for plying radio taxi services at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. The tender had been floated as part of the move to upgrade the airport and its terminals to international standards for the 2010 Games.
Radio taxis, available on telephone across Delhi, are air-conditioned cabs equipped with electronic fare meters .
Appearing before a Division Bench headed by Justice Manmohan Sarin, the taxi operators, who were exclusively plying from the IGI airport, contended that the tender would bring in major private operators who would charge higher rates, much against public interest.
30/04/07 Krishnadas Rajagopal/Delhi Newsline

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Categories: Airports Apr 2007