{"id":528864,"date":"2026-03-17T13:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/528864\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:59:09","slug":"comfortdelgro-to-introduce-temporary-charge-for-app-bookings-amid-rising-fuel-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/528864\/","title":{"rendered":"ComfortDelGro to introduce temporary charge for app bookings amid rising fuel prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE: ComfortDelGro will implement a temporary &#8220;driver fee&#8221; for bookings made through its CDG Zig application as fuel prices continue to climb, it said on Tuesday (Mar 17).<\/p>\n<p>The move is aimed at easing the financial strain on drivers brought about by the rising fuel prices, it said.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Singapore&#8217;s largest taxi operator said that the driver fee will be S$0.50 (US$0.39) for fares below S$15 and $0.80 for fares of S$15 and above.<\/p>\n<p>A temporary S$0.01 increase to the distance time rate for all metered trips will also be introduced.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All of these fees will go directly to our drivers,&#8221; said Mr Michael Huang, head of ComfortDelGro&#8217;s Singapore point-to-point mobility business.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in March, ComfortDelGro said that it would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/taxi-grab-ryde-trans-cab-comfortdelgro-fuel-middle-east-5976546\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">absorb a portion of the increased fuel costs <\/a>at its pumps to cushion the impact of fuel price increases on drivers.<\/p>\n<p>An ongoing taxi fuel credit incentive programme was also introduced on Sunday to bolster support for drivers.<\/p>\n<p>The driver fee and meter fare increase will be in effect from Mar 24 to May 31.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will continue to monitor the situation closely and remain committed to ensuring operational stability for our partners during this volatile period,&#8221; said the taxi company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SINGAPORE: ComfortDelGro will implement a temporary &#8220;driver fee&#8221; for bookings made through its CDG Zig application as fuel&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[237842,41550,165,115702,74,237843],"class_list":["post-528864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-comfortdelgro","tag-fuel","tag-mobile","tag-taxi","tag-technology","tag-war-on-iran"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}