No queue for taxi at Terminal One

No queue for taxi at Terminal One

I dread arriving at Soekarno-Hatta's domestic Terminal One after dark. On Nov. 1, 1994, arriving at 7 p.m., nearly four hours late on a Merpati flight from Padang, was no exception. There was no queue for taxis and nobody was trying to organize the taxis that were there.

Most of these were parked outside the normal taxi rank area with their drivers busy haggling with a crowd of passengers about destinations and fares. Most drivers just laughed when I said I wanted to go to Bintaro Jaya and those that didn't, proposed extortionate fares.

Why can't the airport authorities manage Terminal One services to passengers better? I notice that I do not have such problems when I arrive at the newer Terminal Two. Aren't travelers arriving at Terminal One entitled to decent treatment as well?

JANE SWEED

Jakarta