Online cab aggregator Ola has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru to set up an ‘Ola Zone’ at the Bangalore airport. In the Ola Zone, Ola’s drivers will be able to park their vehicles and its users can get cabs from here. Ola says that it has employed representatives to guide users to the Ola Zone or their cabs. Ola zone is situated across the Arrivals gate. Along with this, Ola also has parking slots and pick up points within the airport premises for drivers to park their vehicles and users to get cabs. Ola says that city and airport drops and pickups account for a significant part of its daily requests, but does not provide a number. It says that with the Ola Zone, a larger pool of cars will be available to airport travellers “with lower ETAs”. Honestly, we imagine that more than lower ETAs, users would care more about getting a cab in the first place: The company states ambitiously that it plans to do the same at railway and bus stations in Bangalore and across the 102 cities it operates in, without mentioning when. According to the release, Bangalore airport handled 19 million passengers in FY 2016. Magicsewa - Airport Authority case: Note that last month, Delhi based online cab aggregator Magic Sewa alleged that Airport Authority of India (AAI) and Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) were giving ‘preferential treatment’ to taxi operators Easy Cabs, Meru and Mega Taxi at the…
