Chiang Mai airport defends Grab monopoly

The management of Chiang Mai Airport has defended its decision to impose a monopoly on ride-hailing service at the customer switch.

Ronnakorn Chalermsanyakorn, the airport’s general manager, stated that only vehicles that could pick up passengers at the airport could use the Grab game.

Two types of cars provided services at the airports, he said.

Grab was included in the group of&nbsp, non- regular&nbsp, travel companies approved by the aircraft. Other types of services in this group included airports vans and cars operated by two businesses.

The other group was public transportation, &nbsp, which covered the typical city vehicle service and even songthaews which were allowed only to fall off passengers, he said.

Operators in the two categories were&nbsp, authorised&nbsp, by the airport so that it could control service quality and safety for passengers.

A driver on another hailing app, Bolt, complained in a short video that he was prohibited from entering the airport to pick up passengers who had called for a ride, and Mr. Ronnakorn’s explanation came after that video. &nbsp,

” Your app is not illegal, but it is not the one allowed by AoT]Airports of Thailand Plc ] to provide services at the airport”, an&nbsp, official was heard in the clip answering his question.

When the video was posted on social media, it was unclear.

Chiang Mai&nbsp, airport&nbsp, is operated by Airports of Thailand.