Uber wreaked havoc on taxi services markets of Western Europe coming up with lower prices than traditional providers.
Asked when services in Romania could be launched and whether efforts to recruit a local management team were successful, Uber representative chose not to comment.
Asked whether Uber’s business model would be successful in Romania, considering the tariff per km of companies providing taxi services locally, of around RON1.4, is too low to leave room for a new company, as it happened on Western markets, Khazzam stated that if Uber enters the market, it will do it in a way adapted to the local context.
In Romania, there is one company providing private transport services following a similar business model, namely Miiles Int SRL, which provides the Black Cab service.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)