Shame on you - Melbourne Airport!

Melbourne Airport is changing where arrival passengers can locate taxi and rideshare services. And disabled passengers will suffer the greatest - as they will be forced into an obstacle course merely to reach their wheelchair accessible taxi.

Taxi services account for 70% of all trips out of Melbourne Airport yet the Airport is making an Uber rank front and centre as passengers leave the terminals and thereby pushing taxi services hundreds of metres away at terminal 1 and upstairs at terminal 4.

This appears to be a secretive commercial arrangement between Uber and Melbourne Airport.

No disability groups were consulted prior to this decision being made.

Uber does not provide wheelchair accessible vehicles and has openly stated they have no intention to provide these services in the future.

Melbourne Airport has cleared the way for Uber, providing them with an unfair commercial advantage while dismissing the needs of vulnerable and disabled passengers. And this new Uber rank is not available for other rideshare services - just Uber.

How is this a just and level playing field?

Shame on you - Melbourne Airport - giving way to a silicon valley multinational company that doesn't even keep its profits in Australia. Shame on you!