Birol Özcan, President of the Turkish Bus Drivers Federation, announced that the prices of passenger buses should be updated. Pointing to the diesel and toll road prices as the reason, Özcan said that arrangements should be made for the airlines as well, and that the buses started to suffer because the planes carry passengers very cheaply.
A new one has been added to the reactions about the economic problems in Turkey. This time too bus driversannounced that they wanted a new arrangement. Officials who also spoke about air transport, Airfares are very cheapThey stated that this is why citizens prefer planes instead of buses. By bus operators by airline companies base price should be introduced and the attractiveness of buses should be increased.
Explanations on the subject, General President of Turkish Bus Drivers Federation Birol Ozcan It was done by. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Özcan stated that 2021 was much better than 2020 and they are satisfied with this situation. However, increasing diesel and toll road prices Emphasizing that it started to affect companies, Birol Özcan said that companies do not reflect these hikes.
“We are in anticipation of a new tariff”
Birol Özcan made the following statements:
In 2020, a total of 257 thousand 346 buses traveled to Istanbul 15 July Democracy Bus Terminal. In 2021, this figure increased to 370,000. In 2021, our number of flights compared to the previous year 40 percentThe number of passengers increased by 30 percent. But this is still less when compared to previous years. Normally, between 1200 and 1300 busses in the winter months and between 2 thousand 500 and 2 thousand 700 per day during the holidays should depart from the bus station. But we are still satisfied, the passengers are also satisfied. However, the increase in diesel prices and the price updates on the highways affected us.. During these intervals, our passenger ticket prices did not increase either. We still carry passengers on the old schedule. This situation affects us a lot. For this reason, we are in anticipation of new tariffs for bus prices. For this too we will meet with the authorities soon.
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But our minister also provided us with a convenience. Now when we apply to the ministry due to the increase in costs bus ticket prices may change. This is very good news. Now we don’t have to wait 4 months for prices. In addition, we want a base price to be determined for the airline. Because they carry passengers at a very cheap price.. This situation hurts us. We also want VAT reduction from our state…
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