COPENHAGEN: Taxi drivers in Denmark are losing their battle with the on-demand car service Uber – especially in Copenhagen. According to Taxinævnet, the industry’s regulatory body, cabbies in the Capital Region have lost out on 500,000 fares over the past year – about 20 percent of their annual revenue. At an average price of 190 kroner per fare, the local industry has lost an estimated 95 million kroner.
Taxinævnet blames the negative results on Uber, which has been offering its car-pooling services in Denmark since 2014.
The company keeps on operating in the capital, even though Copenhagen Police considers the service illegal and a number of Uber drivers have already been charged with providing ‘unlicenced taxi services’.
