{"id":72427,"date":"2016-03-15T04:14:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T08:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=72427"},"modified":"2016-03-15T04:14:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T08:14:02","slug":"grabcar-officially-begins-operations-naia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/03\/15\/grabcar-officially-begins-operations-naia\/","title":{"rendered":"GrabCar officially begins operations at NAIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_72428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72428\" style=\"width: 592px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/GrabTaxi.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-72428\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72428\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/GrabTaxi.png\" alt=\"(Photo from Grab PH's official Instagram account)\" width=\"592\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/GrabTaxi.png 592w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/GrabTaxi-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/GrabTaxi-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/grab_ph\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grab PH&#8217;s official Instagram account<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 Passengers going to or leaving from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Monday have officially began using app-based ride-hailing service GrabCar after airport management gave them the go signal last week.<\/p>\n<p>The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), however, reminded passengers that GrabCar will be allowed to operate in NAIA and not GrabTaxi while on an \u201cexperimental phase.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Booking agents in booths placed in designated areas at the terminal are stationed to assist passengers so that even non-app users will be allowed to make GrabCar reservations.<\/p>\n<p>Pick-up locations in Terminal 1 will be at the main arrival curbside, pick-up location in Terminal 2 will be at the inner arrival curbside between bays 7 and 8, pick-up location in Terminal 3 will be at the secondary arrival curbside between bays 5 and 6 and pick-up location in Terminal 4 will be at the curbside.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be a waiting period policy of only two-minutes. If the passenger has not arrived yet, GrabCar drivers will have to leave. GrabCar meanwhile advised passengers to book rides when ready to board.<\/p>\n<p>GrabCar will be charging passengers with the same base fare in all its other pick-up points at Php 30 base fare while Php 12 will be charged per succeeding kilometer.<\/p>\n<p>MIAA earlier said that its Grab\u2019s rival, Uber, would also eventually start operating at NAIA after it completed its accreditation requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from GrabCar, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and MIAA last Feb. 17 launched the Airport Bus System, taking after the success of the Premium Point-to-Point (P2P) Bus Service.<\/p>\n<p>Bus company AIR21 is operating the premium Airport Bus Service under the brand name UBE Express. There are a total of six bus units that will ferry passengers to and from the NAIA on a 24-hour basis with a flat rate of Php 300.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 Passengers going to or leaving from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Monday have officially began using &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":72428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,19],"tags":[9640],"class_list":["post-72427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-business","tag-pna","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}