The press release published on the government website on 4 June did not go unnoticed in the "small world" of business travel. And with good reason. It announces the introduction of flat-rate fares for taxi journeys between Paris and Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle and Orly airports. The measure will come into force in just under a year. March 1st 2016 to be precise - and we still don't know how much this package will cost, which should be organised according to four tariffs. But it does represent a minor revolution in the urban travel market, which has been turned upside down for several months by the arrival of VTCs (chauffeur-driven tourism vehicles). The government has not forgotten the latter, announcing: "The ban on 'electronic marauding', consistent with the plan to implement Open Data for taxis, is confirmed for VTCs, motorised two- or three-wheel vehicles and taxis outside their pick-up zone". The press release also points out that "the French Constitutional Council has ruled that VTCs must be able to use both time-based and flat-rate pricing". Other measures unveiled on Thursday include the introduction of a flat-rate charge applied when approaching a reserved taxiand the end of various supplements currently applied. Only high-capacity vehicles - with a minimum of five seats in addition to the driver - will be able to charge a higher rate.
