Taxi drivers tend to have a mix of business including the likes of airport transfers, taking people to restaurants, pubs, theatres and parties. We are fast approaching what is likely to be a busy period for airport transfer work for those taxi drivers involved in that type of work.

Airport transfers can prove to be quite lucrative for taxi drivers. Such bookings often include both dropping off the holidaymakers at the airport but also picking them up when they return from their overseas holiday. They often involve a family booking a taxi thus increasing passenger numbers.

Passengers using a taxi for an airport transfer tend to be shall we say a little more generous with their tipping thus providing the taxi driver with increased revenue.

Passengers heading off or returning from a holiday tend to be well behaved as opposed to the occasional passenger who has been picked up from a pub late at night being a little worse for wear having drunk too much. If that later passenger was sick in the taxi it could mean the driver is unable to continue working for several hours thus impacting his or her income.

Taxi drivers sometimes take passengers long distances to get to an airport. Such a journey is potentially more fuel-efficient than a job that is city centre based that may involve a lot of stop/starting.

Airport transfers sometimes involve picking up the passengers from their home at say 3am to get them to the airport for 4am to catch a flight leaving at say 6.30am. Potentially, this would enable the driver to still do some work during part of the rest of the day and evening subject to having had enough sleep.

Passengers going to the airport may recommend the taxi service to their friends and family thus providing the taxi driver with increased revenue.

So, with the school holidays fast approaching, why not take advantage of airport transfer work for your taxi business.