Angel Cabbies Take Over
Updated : Mar 14, 2009
A taxi company which only employs female drivers, is set to expand its services across the city.
Cars with Angel Cabs will soon sport distinctive pink taxi plates as they aim to increase business across Dublin, and continue to market the service to women who feel more comfortable travelling with female taxi drivers.
"We spent most of the past year experimenting with the service in Dublin 15 and Dublin 4," said businessman Gerard McCarthy. Encouraged by its success in these two areas, the company now has its own 24-hour call centre, and the women-only service will soon be available across the capital.
Currently, 12 female drivers work for the company but Mr McCarthy has a database of 60 drivers.
"There are approximately 200 female drivers working in Dublin. I want to get as many of these on board as possible. The fact that we only employ female drivers is a unique selling point -- we believe it makes people more secure. Women, senior citizens and a lot of men, for some reason, are using it."
VeryHappyPig says this is an absolutely brilliant idea!
