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This makes the Tyrolean state capital the fourth city in Austria in which the US travel service Uber is represented. Uber is responding to the “great demand,” the company said on Wednesday. “Last year we registered more than 100,000 hits on the Uber app in Innsbruck,” said Martin Essl, General Manager Uber Austria.
Fare is calculated in advance
The cooperation takes place “exclusively with licensed taxi operators from the region,” it said. They can now look forward to “additional trips as well as national and international guests”. The aim is to “offer Innsbruck residents an affordable, safe and reliable alternative to their own car and at the same time to be a good partner for entrepreneurs,” said Essl. As usual with Uber, the fare is calculated in advance, based on the valid Innsbruck taxi tariff.
Is Uber coming back to Linz?
There was a test phase in Linz in 2019, which ended after a few months. “Demand was not what we had hoped for, and the pandemic also got in the way. In addition, there were changes in the law,” he said Martin Essl, head of Above in Austria, to the OÖN. Like Innsbruck, however, Linz is one of the cities that will be of interest for Uber Austria next, Essl said in March 2022.
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