Government allocates new taxi fares for the Male' region

Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation has determined new fares for four wheeled taxi services within the Male' region and issued permission to charge an additional fee between MVR 10-15 from passengers for trips to the Velana International Airport (VIA)'s domestic terminal. These new taxi fares are set to be implemented starting May 20.

Amid this time when taxi drivers have been extracting higher fees than authorized by the ministry from passengers, the government revised and published the official fare amounts which the Ministry assured was set in consideration of the passengers, taxi drivers, route distance and petrol expenses.