OlaCabs drives into Lucknow

Targets a ramp up of its fleet size to 300 by year end from the current size of 100

Radio taxi start-up OlaCabs on Thursday announced the launch of its operations in Lucknow.

The company, which provides point-to-point cab booking service, is expecting to ramp up its fleet size from 100 to 300 by the year-end.

Anand Subramanian, director of marketing communications, OlaCabs, said, “The cabs are owned and run by individual drivers or entrepreneurs, who have a tie-up with us for booking and revenue-sharing.”

In later stages, the company plans to launch services across Uttar Pradesh, including Varanasi, Allahabad and Agra.

OlaCabs also launched Ola, its propriety cab booking mobile app, allowing customers to book a cab and make payment through smartphones.

Lucknow is the 12th city for Ola. The service had been launched in Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi-NCR, Chennai, Pune, Goa, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad and Indore.

“Lucknow is one of India’s leading tourist destinations and we are excited to launch our services in the state capital,” Karan Singh Shekhawat, director of operations, Olacabs, said.