30 Apr April 30, 2018 More than 300,000 one-time riders took a trip with ride-hailing service Uber in the first few months of the year. But following a change in its pricing system on Monday, it will be interesting to see if ridership numbers will be impacted in the UAE in Q2 of 2018. This week, Uber announced it will be implementing “changes to its fare structure”, with some trips going up in price while others will become cheaper. Notifying all users by email, it stated that “effective immediately” users will see a change in base fares on all UberSELECT and UberVIP trips in Dubai. Currently, the static base fare sits at Dh8, but with the new system, users will be subject to a new dynamic static base fare of Dh5.4, Dh6.7 or Dh10.6 (varying on the day of week/time of day). It could also change during public holidays. Source:KT
