Businessmen form a large part of all the passengers who alight at
London airports. Of the 8 airports that serve the greater London area, there
are less than 5 that are primarily considered to be properly inside the London
metropolitan area and each of these see a huge influx of travellers each day,
most arriving here on business. Unlike someone who arrives at London for
pleasure and fun, business passengers need a few services that they cannot live
without. Internet connectivity is the first that comes to mind and indeed most
privately run taxi cabs already have that, but the needs were much more
diverse. It has been seen that people like to relax prior to an important
business interaction, not everybody wants to go deep into their business
pitches in their taxi cabs, some just want to sit back and enjoy some privacy
and music. Thankfully, such things are getting closer to being a reality.
The taxi cabs of the great London city were not that great if you
reviewed it from the businessman’s perspective. It was just barely enough to
make ends meet and convey folks from the airport to hotels and from hotels to
business meeting venues. It failed miserably at what privately run taxi cabs
were accustomed to. These private taxi service in London had everything that
was expected from professionally maintained taxi fleets, something that people
hopelessly kept expecting from black taxi cabs only to be disappointed time and
again. However, it was seen that quite a few of these black taxi cabs were
taking a leaf out of the private sector and implementing them. But as it turns
out there is a lot of road to cover for black cabs to be at par with their private
siblings.
Among many novelties in taxi cab services that inspired the
traditional fleet was the outwardly looks of the vehicles. Anything other than
the traditional TX4 was very welcome. Although the hard-core Londoner had every
reason to frown at the change, surprisingly the change was quite successful
with everybody gladly accepting new generation cars. The changes were not just
superficial, everything was revamped to include the latest and the best that a
businessman expects from a taxi cab.
Meanwhile, private cab firms have stayed a step ahead of the rest
by improving their services with better features, pulling more discerning
customers under their ambit and giving them what they always sought – opulence
and comfort with all modern amenities with the reach of their hand!
