Glasgow Airport taxi drivers stage mass blockade
16.07.08
Taxi drivers at Glasgow Airport staged a mass blockade yesterday over changes - and charges - enforced following last year's terror attack, the Evening Times reports.
Inverclyde Taxis won a £2m contract in April to supply radios to the drivers in a bid to improve security at the airport. The firm introduced a £60-a-week levy on all 155 vehicles and fitted cars with a data tracking system to monitor their movements.
But the move has sparked widespread anger as airport owners BAA already charge £100-a-month for permits. In addition the protesters claim there have been problems over credit hire payments and network coverage since the changes were introduced.
The newspaper reports that dozens of drivers staged a blockade at the airport and drove around the site in a convoy as part of a two-hour demonstration yesterday morning. This meant disruption for passengers who emerged from the terminal to find the main taxi rank empty. Drivers dropping off passengers for flights were also held up in the taxi blockade.
One taxi driver told the newspaper: ‘The majority of people using Glasgow Airport for years think we provide a good service of taxis. It's a safe, clean, reliable and well organised rank - so why the big changes? Every week they seem to bring out new rules. The system isn't working but most of us already shell out vast sums on new taxis.’
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