SINGAPORE - ComfortDelGro will impose a temporary “driver fee” on all bookings made through its CDG Zig app starting March 24, as global fuel prices surge due to Middle East tensions.
The fee is S$0.50 for fares under S$15 and S$0.80 for fares at or above that threshold. A parallel S$0.01 increase to the distance-time rate for all metered trips will also take effect.
All collected fees will go directly to drivers, according to Michael Huang, head of ComfortDelGro’s Singapore point-to-point mobility business.
The measures follow the company’s earlier move to partially absorb fuel costs at its pumps and launch a taxi fuel credit incentive program.
“These adjustments are designed to ease financial pressure on drivers during this volatile period,” the company said.
Teo Siew Pan, executive secretary of the National Taxi Association, called the support “critical” as 95-octane petrol prices in Singapore jumped from S$2.87 per litre in late February to over S$3.40 this week. Diesel prices rose similarly, from S$2.66 to more than S$3.50 per litre.
The new fees will remain in place through May 31, pending further review.