These services do stop in different places, so they aren't truly direct services. In the case of the Alcudia service, for instance, the bus will stop in Marratxi and Inca. Other services will pass through and stop in the likes of Manacor, Llucmajor, Campos, Montuiri and Vilafranca. Full information will be available from Thursday on the website www.tib.org.
Tickets will cost, depending on the line, between five and twelve euros. The regional ministry of transport anticipates that there will be some 330,000 users of these services this summer. The lines will continue in winter (i.e. from November to April), though the schedules are likely to be adjusted.
Taxi drivers were initially opposed to the services and protested and threatened to stage strikes. Changes have been made which have allayed many of their concerns, albeit that one of the drivers' associations is still far from happy. Meanwhile, some 500 taxi drivers in Palma are expected to stage a protest today and bring traffic to a halt for a time. This has nothing to do with the new services but everything to do with a nationwide protest against what they say are the indiscriminate granting of licences to vehicles for hire with drivers.
The taxi drivers believe that changes to legislation established five years ago will mean the legalisation of services such as Uber which, in principle, were not covered by the new legislation. The first national congress of taxi drivers, held on 6 April, agreed to stage today's protest, which is expected to see the largest ever strike of drivers in Valencia and Alicante, and also to hold a march and rally in Madrid on 30 May.
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Roll on Uber and public transport, wherever you are in the world, Taxis will fleece you, but more so here in Mallorca! It's called fair competition, if there isn't any, taxis will continue to name their price.
Was across two weeks ago €42 airport to magaluf roads were empty no hold ups last year peak time €34 no wonder people will use the bus.
I always get the fast hoppa service to and from the airport,it only takes a little longer than a taxi and is much cheaper,giving me more money to spend while in the resort.