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NEW
SOUTH
WALES Sydney Airport
NEWS
SHORT FARE

SYSTEM

IS FINISHED

As of 3 December the taxi their previous fare. Taxi drivers identified that the current
short fare system that was in Sydney, however, will still system provided a negative
operational at Sydney Airport is continue to have exclusive experience amongst Taxi
no longer. access to Taxi ranks at Sydney drivers and customers.
Airport.
All Taxis are now required The old decommissioned
to pick up fares through the Sydney Airport engaged on an short fare system allowed Taxi
normal process in the Taxi pick ongoing basis with the NSW drivers to return to the front
up bays at the airport. Taxi Council and all relevant of the queue and effectively
operators and stakeholders ‘queue jump’ drivers who had
Once passengers have been of the NSW Taxi Industry been patiently waiting. This
dropped at their desired to understand challenges pattern recurred, leaving some
location, Taxis that return to the of the current system. Post drivers unable to reach the start
airport to pick up another fare continuous consultations of the queue for considerable
will do so by joining the end and engagements with periods of time.
of the Taxi queue in the Taxi stakeholders of the industry
holding bay at T1 International and responses of around 700 Moreover, Taxi drivers wanting
and T2 and T3 Domestic, drivers to a survey conducted to return to the start of the
regardless of the distance of by Sydney Airport, it was queue quickly, often dropped

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