Prague Transport Company: It could lose between 750 million and one billion crowns in fares
“It can be said that the year 2021 in general, it was not as pronounced in terms of sales decline as in 2020. We estimate that the slump could be around three-quarters to one billion. I am optimistic that about three quarters of a billion crowns, “said Witowski.
The transport company is currently putting together its financial statements for last year. He will know the exact beginning, how much he lost on the fare last year, after its completion. DPP is the largest city company and operates public transport.
The biggest drop during the pandemic was recorded by Prague public transport during the first wave of the pandemic from March 11 to May 26, 2020, when compared to the normal situation, up to 83 percent of passengers decreased. In mid-March, the number of passengers in the subway dropped from more than a million a day to 200,000 people. The number of passengers subsequently increased and decreased according to pandemic waves. He has not yet reached pre-pandemic levels.
Due to the covid, it is not possible to enter the front door from this Monday and the space near them is separated by a tape behind the first row of seats and the seats in the first row cannot be used. The front door does not open on older types of trams as well as here. People enter all the doors only for the latest types, where the driver’s cab is completely separate.
DPP has also introduced some internal measures for the coronavirus variant of omicron. Thanks to the reduction in employee contact, the organization of work at control rooms and changing points for drivers and drivers has changed. In the case of the current one, the number of positively tested companies is ready, for example, to increase overtime or use an employee working on training and eventually move an employee working on training and possibly postpone it.