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Virgin Atlantic Believes In The Airport Taxi Share, Introduces 'Taxi2'

November 11, 2009 at 1:19 PM | by JetSetCD | 1 Comment

It's one of the oldest airport debates: whether or not to suck it up and take a taxi into town, or risk public transportation. For us, it depends on how large our party is and how much baggage we're dragging, but taxis are just so darn tempting.

Thankfully, Virgin Atlantic knows this and echoes our sentiments when they say: "we think it's crazy that people often wait in line and then get one taxi each. Most people go from the airport in a similar direction, so it's a great waste." Hallelujah, go tell it on the mountain, Virgin Atlantic! And since they're a giant company and all, they've decided to do something about this shared taxi conundrum by creating Taxi2, a social networking way to link up with other from your flight and share a ride with them into the city, cutting down on ride cost and maybe even making you a new friend.

The good news is, it's not just for those flying Virgin Atlantic, although you'll probably be hard pressed to find a taxi buddy who knows about this from another airline during this Beta period. It's also only available right now for flight between New York-JFK and London-LHR.

The way to go about finding a Taxi2 buddy is to input your flight and contact details on Taxi2's website, and then you'll then see matches on your flight. Your contact info will not directly be given to the others, but you communicate through the website. It is up to the two (or more) of you to decide whether to go through with the taxi share and decide where to meet. Taxi2 even provides a .pdf you can print to hold up and flag down your rideshare companion; dorky, but occasionally necessary in crowded baggage claims. To put it bluntly: this whole Taxi2 idea is so great, that we hope it rolls out at more international airports.

Related Stories:
· Taxi2 [Official Site]
· Taxi2-How Does It Work? [Virgin Atlantic]
· Virgin Atlantic coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: Taxi2]

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