RTA, Careem launch joint venture Hala taxi service

By DG Staff

DUBAI 30 August 2019: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) yesterday launched its joint venture with Careem – Hala, which is the newest way to book a Dubai Taxi.

Via the Careem app, it enables customers to ride at the touch of a button.

Dubai Taxi prices will range from Dh8 during regular hours, Dh9 at night and Dh12 during peak hours. Hala has been ramping up the fleet to reach over 5,500 Dubai taxis available on the Careem app by mid-September covering about 50 percent of the RTA’s taxi fleet.

The aim is to bring down the Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) to less than 5 minutes over the next few months.

The launch was announced during a press event held by Ahmed Bahrozyan, Chief Executive Officer of Public Transport Agency (PTA), Bassel Al Nahlaoui – Managing Director of Careem Gulf and Pakistan, and Clemence Dutertre – Chief Executive Officer of Hala, Ibrahim Sultan AlHaddad, Director, Commercial & Investment Department Hala Board member, and Adel Shakeri, Director, Planning and Business Development, Public Transport Agency, RTA.