Biel Moragues, president of the Mallorca Taxi Association of Self-Employed Taxi Drivers, today demanded solutions from Palma City Council and the Balearic Government, given the “chaotic and alarming” situation in the Balearic capital, where the sector is “absolutely overwhelmed” due to the influx of tourists.
“In the 26 years that I have been president of the Association, I have never seen a situation like this,” Moragues said at a press conference, explaining that “there is a lot of work, but it cannot be covered”.
Moragues said that all transport in the Balearics “is overwhelmed”, with fewer hire cars than in 2019. “Anyone who cannot find a means of transport calls us,” he said.
Among the main problems in the sector, Moragues pointed out that there is a “serious” lack of cabbies.
In fact, at the moment, there are more than 400 taxis off the roads because there are no drivers, which is why Moragues has asked the City Council to “make it easier to get a taxi driver’s licence”.
In Ibiza, for example, they have eliminated the entrance exams.
He would also like to see a single communication system introduced so all over the city's 1,200 cabbies are connected to the same call centre.
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oouoo oouooNothing to do with 'socialists Of the Mallorca government'. It was exactly the same when the PP were in power and they were quite happy with it.
Elephants in the room 1) No Uber 2) different taxi services allowed to only work in their region I live in Illetes, all day people are dropped off from Palma and then other people try to get the empty taxi to take them into Palma The drivers say "sorry cant do it i am not licensed for Calvia" So empty legs, extra polution, wasted fuel, additional costs, extra traffice, angry, upset tourists Sums uo the socialists of Mallorca Govt
I'm pretty sure that the taxi drivers kicked off a few years ago when the council were trying to grant more licenses. And they kicked off to stop Uber drivers. Now things are going wrong they are blaming everyone else. Probably learned this from Boris Johnson.