Fare play to the Calvia council! Cabbies will be able to wear Spain football shirts!
Big test for Spain against France
Take an unlicensed taxi in Mallorca at your peril.....you could face a big fine
In Mallorca there have been numerous incidents involving unlicensed cabs
An empty taxi rank in the very centre of Palma.
An empty taxi rank in the very centre of Palma.
The end of the Palma taxi nightmare
Local Police to have powers to impose sanctions and carry out inspections.
Uber driver in Mallorca "badly parked and asleep in his car"
Taxi drivers plan to join forces
Your weekly news catch-up in Mallorca
This week in the news: Ryanair and the ensaimada,
Tourists complain about a lack of taxis
"Local authorities under pressure to grant more licences...."
Airport taxi driver arrested for assaulting "pirate" driver
There have been regular clashes between authorised taxi drivers and "pirate" operators.
Over a hundred controls against pirate transport operators at the airport
There have been clashes between taxi drivers and pirate transport operators.
Court annuls obligation for taxis to have card payment dataphones
Taxi driver associations appealed against an obligation that came into effect in 2019.
More conflict at the airport between taxi drivers and "pirate" operators
Licensed taxi drivers stopped work for two hours.
Police
Four more arrests over taxi driver attacks
Seven people in all have been arrested in connection with the violent robberies from taxi drivers.
Transport
Transport infringements at the airport shoot up
The increase in fines is put down to the effectiveness of transport ministry inspectors.
Transport
Taxi drivers confident there will not be Uber licences
The taxi drivers have decided they don't need VTC licences as there will be no Uber to compete with.
Transport
Taxi drivers to go on strike today
The strike was sparked after the Spanish government appealed a Barcelona decision to limit the number of licences for Uber-style services.
Transport
Transport inspectors to be incognito at the airport
Plainclothes inspectors, it is hoped, will be able to more easily prove "irregularities" by "pirate" operators.
Transport
Taxi drivers threatening new action against airport pirate operators
Taxi drivers say that the transport ministry and Palma town hall have not kept to promises about inspectors and police.
Transport
Blame being passed for traffic chaos at the airport
Palma town hall is insisting that the half hour free parking is reintroduced in order to deal with traffic "saturation".
Transport
Inspectors bring order to airport taxi operations
Taxi-driver associations are satisfied that inspections at Palma airport are putting an end to the problem of "pirate" operators.
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- Laura Hamilton: “I’ve always loved Mallorca, I just wished I’d bought here earlier...”
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Mallorca's person of the week, plus taxi drivers & football
Headline-making in the Majorca Daily Bulletin last week.
Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter05/12/2021 09:04