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Airport taxi surcharge hike approved.
The Nation June 9, 2015 7:37 pm
Transport Minister Prajin Juntong approved Tuesday the request to raise the taxi surcharge at Suvarnabhumi Airport and Don Mueang International Airport from Bt50 to Bt75-Bt95.
The surcharge for big-sized taxi or vans will be Bt95 while that of sedan vehicles will be Bt75.
The burden in the first six months will be shouldered by Airports of Thailand, which operates the two international airports. AOT is also instructed to improve the taxi service, to lower the operating cost and public complaints.
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Transport Ministry nods taxi fare increase starting July.
Business | June 9, 2015 10:32 pm.
The Transport Ministry on Tuesday reconfirmed its earlier decision to allow taxi fare in Bangkok to be adjusted up by 5 percent effective as of July.
The ministry, however, rejected the proposal of the committee considering taxi fares to increase taxi fare by 5-7 percent.
The ministry also gave a greenlight for an increase of service charge of taxies at Suvarnabhumi and Don Meuang airports from 50 baht at the two airports to 80 baht for taxi vans and 60 baht for sedans.
Transport Minister Prajin Juntong said that the ministry rejected the committee’s proposal to adjust the service charge for taxies operating at the two international airports to 95 baht for vans and 75 baht for sedans as being too high.
In order to ease the burden on the consumers, the minister said that during the first six months of the enforcement of the new service charge, the Airports of Thailand Company would shoulder the service charge increase.