Romanian taxi operators fined for colluding to block competing app at Otopeni Airport

The Competition Council announced on Wednesday, May 27, that it sanctioned the Confederation of Authorized Operators and Transporters in Romania (COTAR), the Federation of Romanian Transport Operators (FORT), and 18 taxi companies with fines totaling nearly RON 4 million (EUR 780,000) after they collectively agreed to remove an IT application for taxi orders from Bucharest’s Otopeni Airport.

Specifically, the 18 taxi companies and the two transport associations “coordinated their behavior” to eliminate the company Clever Tech SRL from the airport premises, which managed an aggregator application that included offers from several taxi drivers, according to the Competition Council.