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One of the unknown brokerage products of Greek reality is the taxi license. Unlike other brokerage products, the price is not listed on a dashboard but its fluctuations are made known “orally” by the “mantras” to the owners who go to pay their dues and from there through the taxis information is distributed to other members of the “yellow race”.

According to reports, until mid-May, a few days before the European elections and the first round of regional and municipal elections, the resale price of a taxi in Athens ranged from 110 to 115 thousand euros. These levels – far from the historic highs – had been moving upwards in recent months, and mainly after the UBER X bans a year earlier.

The result of the election has stalled this upward trend, and according to market circles, the license price is below 100,000 euros – a drop of 20% – while there are few who claim it is now moving to 80,000 euros. . According to many motorists, this sharp decline is due to the apparent shift in the political scene translated by the industry and the possible return of UBER X to our country. But there are a few who claim that this is a “game of mantras” who want to drop prices to buy cheaper licenses.

SATA: No fear
The fact that the political part has played and is expected to play an important role in the developments in the sector is also evidenced by the announcement issued by SATA a few days after the elections as, among other things, he stated: “(…) The taxi has succeeded, We will continue our honorable daily struggle, protecting our work, our profession, our family, with respect to Greek society and our homeland, so no fears. us Mrs. We do not give it to anyone, nor do we sell it to anyone.Every government that emerges from the forthcoming national elections is obliged to comply with European law and the Greek legislation applicable to passenger transport, and its position has long been known. And it expresses not only Liberopoulos but the vast majority of colleagues … “.

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Kiranakis: Taxi drivers have nothing to worry about with the ND program.

New Democracy MP Costas Kiranakis also spoke about his position on UBER and the taxi industry yesterday in the show “Drown The Tumbler” on Sport24 Radio. Among other things Mr Kiranakis said: “New Democracy has said that there will be the same conditions, same taxation, licensing among all drivers. Whether you are on a Taxibeat-type platform, whether you are on a P / T or doing the profession in general There will be the same conditions, so our taxi drivers have nothing to worry about with the ND program.

Now my personal opinion is that we are moving into a time when this profession of driver whether you are an Uber or a taxi is going through another phase. In a few years in Greece we will have Shelf driving cars and we will have a transition to share economy. When all the studies say that our cars are parked 95% of the time, we get into a model that other countries have embarked on a model where you share. As you share an apartment, you share a car, you share a workplace, so will cars. So I advise my fellow travelers at this stage to think very seriously about their own professional future. Because international reality shows that we are going to model Shelf driving cars in a model that the driver’s profession is under threat and this is not what Kyranakis says. ”

source: athens airport taxi