In the past few days, Shanghai Pudong Airport has banned online car-hailing to pick up passengers, and passengers cannot use online car-hailing at Pudong Airport, which has attracted great attention from netizens.
On January 29, the Shanghai Municipal Road Transport Administration issued the Notice on Prohibiting the Operation of Online Ride-hailing at Pudong Airport, which clearly states that "online ride-hailing is strictly prohibited from soliciting passengers in the Pudong Airport area".
Seeing this, many people really can't understand why Shanghai, as an international metropolis, bans online car-hailing now, why is it so convenient for online car-hailing? Is there something wrong with ride-hailing?
According to the explanation of the relevant responsible person of the Passenger Transport Department of the Shanghai Municipal Road Transport Bureau:
In order to reiterate the "Several Regulations on the Administration of Online Taxi Reservation Services in Shanghai" implemented in 2016, the current cruise taxi capacity at Pudong Airport is very sufficient, and the time for passengers to queue up for boarding is basically less than 20 minutes. At the same time, it is also emphasized that the "Notice" prohibits online car-hailing from publishing information on soliciting cars, but does not prohibit sending passengers to airports and railway stations. ”This explanation is confusing, I believe that many netizens can't understand it, and what is even more incomprehensible is thatSince it is forbidden to pick up passengers at Pudong Airport, what people never expected is that an online car-hailing platform "slipped through the net". Recently, some netizens found that after Pudong Airport banned online car-hailing pick-up, a platform called air travel can operate normally, and netizens can still place orders normally.
However, the online car-hailing platform of air travel does not admit that it is an online car-hailing car-hailing, they say that they are "pick-up butlers", but as a "pick-up butler" of airport travel, customers can still place orders through apps or other programs, which is no different from online car-hailing at all.
The most important thing is that the cost of this airport travel service is much more expensive than online car-hailing.
According to a netizen, the fee for "airport travel" is higher, and it is about 50 yuan more expensive than the usual taxi. Judging from the distance from his home, 45 kilometers cost 209 yuan, excluding the starting price, and the cost per kilometer is 43 yuan, much higher than the 2 of Shanghai taxi charges$7.
Recently, this airport has launched a Spring Festival**, with a price of 360 yuan within 60 kilometers!.
Why is the airport service so charged? What kind of high-end services are offered? Do passengers have these high-end service needs?
In fact, for most passengers, everyone's demand is very simple, that is, from a certain location to the airport, or from the airport to a certain location, whether it is a high-end service or an ordinary online car-hailing, the effect is the same.
Besides, many online car-hailing platforms now have strict assessments, and the drivers are not bad in terms of riding environment and service attitude, which can fully meet the travel needs of ordinary passengers, so many people do not need too many high-end personalized services.
Of course, it is understandable that this airport service provides some high-end services and then charges highly, but the Shanghai traffic management department prohibits online car-hailing from picking up passengers at Pudong Airport, but allows airport travel to continue to operate, which is a bit different.
The most important thing is that there are many problems with this "airport travel".
According to public information, the "Airport Travel" service platform was established in December 2022, and it has only been more than a year, and it belongs to Shanghai Airport Tourism Service*** This enterprise was founded in 1996 and is an enterprise mainly engaged in the air transport industry, with a registered capital of 50 million yuan, but since October 2018, it has been recognized as a restricted high-consumption enterprise by the Shanghai Changning District People's Court. In addition, its legal representative, Chen, has 16 companies under his name, all of which are in existence, and many of them are involved in car rental services.
But it is such a "problematic" company that can obtain the "exclusive" qualification of Pudong Airport's online car-hailing, as for how they obtained it, we do not know.
In the past few days, the ban on online car-hailing at Pudong Airport has attracted great attention on the Internet, including official media and some big Vs have followed up and reported on this matter.
Judging from the reactions of all parties, everyone is very incomprehensible about this approach, after all, from a national perspective, many airports are encouraging online car-hailing to engage in pick-up services at the airport, which not only allows passengers to have more choices, but also a manifestation of marketization.
Maybe the Shanghai traffic management department is also aware of the pressure of the network, so they can only make changes.
On the evening of February 3, the Shanghai Transportation Commission issued an announcement that, according to the suggestions of the general public passengers, the Municipal Transportation Commission decided to resume the online car-hailing operation service in the Pudong Airport area from February 4, and citizen passengers can make reservations for cars in the Pudong Airport area through various online car-hailing platforms.
Seeing this notice, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, and finally had more options to go to Shanghai Pudong Airport.
After all, compared with ordinary taxis, the advantages of online car-hailing are still relatively obvious.
On the one hand, passengers can choose to take a taxi at any time according to their travel time, without having to wait hard, which can also improve the efficiency of the airport.
On the other hand, online ride-hailing platforms are strictly supervised, and they dare not refuse to take or commit other violations.
In a case of online car-hailing** is very transparent, from the airport to a certain location** platform has been calculated, the driver cannot change it, so as to avoid the driver charging arbitrarily.
Another point is that online car-hailing has various assessments for drivers, if customers complain, drivers may be punished, and then orders will be reduced, in order to avoid this situation, many online car-hailing services have a better attitude, and the riding environment is also better, which is much stronger than taxis.
Relatively speaking, taxis do not have the supervision of the platform, so many taxi drivers are more capricious, refusing to ride, inaccurate meters, indiscriminate charges, or detours are not uncommon, and because of this, many people prefer to choose online car-hailing rather than taxis.
We also hope that all localities can respect passengers and the market, instead of adopting a one-size-fits-all approach to solve some problems, but will listen more to the voices of the people and make some measures that are beneficial to the people.