I wanted to post about the new taxi stands at the Mactan Cebu International Airport as early as September of last year but I didn’t have good photos to show in the article. Last December, however, I was able to get a load of pictures during 2 trips to Cebu. The terminal at the arrival level of the airport is basically divided into 2 stands – the White Taxi Stand and the Yellow Taxi Stand. Here are the photos of the taxi terminal at Cebu’s airport.

Covered facilities allow for all-weather queuing of passengers.

White taxis are regular taxis while the yellow ones are ‘airport taxis’ charging higher fares.

The lines for the white taxis are definitely longer and this is basically due to the lower fares charged by regular taxis.

Obviously, there are more regular (white) taxis than yellow taxis so the queue proceed well and the waiting times are not so long.

There are 5 spaces for taxis but everyone seems to be queuing for the first one. The dispatchers could do better to make the lines go faster.

That’s the queue behind us, all going for the regular taxis.

If the queue for the white taxis is proceeding at an acceptable pace, few people take the yellow taxis. Vehicle-wise, yellow taxis are newer and better maintained models. My observation (based on limited experience) is that yellow taxi drivers are also less reckless than drivers of white taxis.

There are two booths for app-enabled taxis like Grab Taxi and Easy Taxi. Passengers for these may proceed to the area near the booths and board their taxis at the bays near them.

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Here are a few photos from the second trip last December when we experienced long queues for taxis. I think we arrived during the morning peak at the airport when a couple of international flights using wide-bodied planes arrived.

A very long queue for the white taxis greeted us when we got out of the airport terminal.

There was a constant arrival of taxis but the demand was just too high; resulting in the long queue.

There is a priority lane for senior citizens, expectant mothers and families with children. Dispatchers make sure that these people get their taxis ahead of others.

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