Bengaluru: Airport passengers struggle to find app-based cabs

BENGALURU: Passengers travelling to and from Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) have been facing severe hardships due to the ongoing transport employees’ strike.
Many flyers say there is a shortage of cabs at the airport due to rise in demand within city limits because of the strike called by BMTC.
Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has said: “BMTC bus service to and from airport is not operational due to the ongoing transport strike. Please plan your travel to the airport accordingly.”
“As per an update from BMTC, the buses are not operational. For information on taxis from the city to the airport, please contact the operators KSTDC (08044664466), Meru (08044224422), Mega Cabs (08047474747), Ola (App) & Uber (App) directly for more information,” it said. With serpentine queues at KIA’s cab-boarding zones, many passengers have taken to social media to vent their anger. Santosh Singh, a passenger who reached KIA, tweeted: “BMTC strike has people standing in queues for over 90 mins at the airport to get an airport taxi. No @Olacabs or @Uber. There is definitely scope for new entrants in this space.”