Palma local police usually control illegal operations at the airport. They have identified a dozen suspected pirate taxi drivers, having intervened in eight incidents recently.
The National Police say that passengers should use public transport (buses) or transport with the necessary authorisation, which ensures that service is provided by qualified personnel. The police warn that passengers could be scammed and that unauthorised drivers and operators may not have sufficient insurance protection in the event of an accident.
At the airport, only licensed taxi drivers are allowed to pick up without a prior booking. Other operators may legally pick up if there is a booking. The problems at Son Sant Joan have tended to arise because other operators tout for passengers without bookings or because there are drivers who make out that they are taxi drivers but are not and do not have the necessary licence.
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How do these Illegal Pirate Taxi Drivers get into the Airport queues?. Why is there no control to remove them?. Any Tourist can be easily conned by these scammers. An unsuspecting Tourist wants a Taxi. They do not know who is legal and who isa Pirate scammer trickster until they come to pay an extortionate fare. Or at worst need to claim as a result of an accident. Again The Airport are at serious fault.