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DENMARK. Copenhagen Airport will put taxi services from the airport to tender early next year, with taxi companies bidding on fares estimated at around DKK650 million (US$108 million) over three years.
The winning bidder will also operate a taxi management system intended to avoid congestion as the airport’s taxi traffic grows. Passengers took 1.35 million rides to and from the airport last year, and the airport said that traffic has already grown by 50,000 rides in 2014.
The new taxi management system will use toll bars, a forecasting tool and a taxi depot to make sure that the exact number of taxis required is always available. A new taxi assembly area will be established near the Hilton hotel to prevent taxis from piling up from the terminals all the way down the airport’s busiest road.
Copenhagen Airport’s Head of Passenger Service Marie-Louise Lotz said: “Copenhagen Airport is growing rapidly on the runways, in the terminals and in the areas in front of the airport. In all probability we will have more than 25 million travellers this year.
“Making room for this growth requires more than just expanding the airport. We need a far more modern taxi management system so that we can continue to meet the demand for taxis.”
Full details of the tender conditions will be revealed next year. It is envisaged that Swedish taxis and non-metropolitan taxis will continue to serve the airport, while making a contribution to financing the new taxi management system.
The expected annual cost of establishing and operating the taxi management system is DKK17 million (US$2.83 million), payable by the winning bidder.
