网约车巨头优步将于今年年底前关闭其收购的第二个香港计价出租车平台，距离收购该业务仅过去六个多月。
Online ride-hailing giant Uber will close a second Hong Kong metered taxi platform that it acquired by the end of this year, just over six months after it bought out the business.
优步周五表示，将于年底前将FlyTaxi的服务完全整合至其自有平台，旨在为司机和用户提供“最优”支持。
Uber said on Friday that it would fully integrate the services on FlyTaxi into its own platform by the end of the year, saying it aimed to provide “optimal” support for drivers and users.
“作为整合的一部分，独立的FlyTaxi应用程序将[关闭]。我们的团队致力于引导每一位乘客和司机度过这一过渡期，以确保服务无缝衔接，”优步发言人表示。
“As part of this integration, the stand-alone FlyTaxi app will [be shut down]. Our team is dedicated to guiding every rider and driver through this period to ensure a seamless ongoing service,” an Uber spokesman said.
这家总部位于美国的网约车巨头向司机保证，他们在运营13年的FlyTaxi应用上累积的积分和账户余额将全额退还，同时鼓励他们转用优步，在那里他们将接触到更大的客户群并获得更多赚钱机会。
The US-based ride-hailing giant reassured drivers that the points they had accumulated on the 13-year-old FlyTaxi app and their account balances would be fully refunded while encouraging them to switch to Uber, where they would have access to a larger client base and more earning opportunities.
优步于5月收购了FlyTaxi——香港最早的计价出租车平台之一，称旨在将FlyTaxi的本地专业知识与其技术相结合。
Uber had acquired FlyTaxi, one of Hong Kong’s earliest metered taxi platforms, in May, saying it aimed to combine FlyTaxi’s local expertise with its technology.
FlyTaxi是继HKTaxi之后，第二个被优步收购后停止运营的本地叫车平台。
FlyTaxi is the second local taxi-hailing platform after HKTaxi to cease operations after being acquired by Uber.
优步于2021年收购了HKTaxi，两年后与后者合作在其自有平台上推出了计价出租车选项。但它于2025年关闭了被收购的平台。
Uber bought HKTaxi in 2021 and launched a metered taxi option on its own platform in partnership with the latter two years later. But it shut down the acquired platform in 2025.
整合HKTaxi后，优步辩称“出租车司机从[更高的]需求中受益，而乘客则享受到了[更短的]等待时间和增强的安全功能”。
After integrating HKTaxi, Uber argued that “taxi drivers have benefited from [higher] demand, while riders have enjoyed [shorter] wait times and enhanced safety features”.
FlyTaxi和HKTaxi均成立于2013年，比优步进入香港市场早一年。
Both FlyTaxi and HKTaxi were founded in 2013, a year before Uber’s entry into the Hong Kong market.
FlyTaxi的关闭紧随新立法出台之后，该立法旨在监管和发牌网约车行业。
The closure of FlyTaxi comes soon after the introduction of new legislation to regulate and license the ride-hailing industry.
申请必要牌照时，平台必须有在至少两个与香港规模相当的城市中，连续一年日均处理10万单的可靠记录。
To apply for the necessary licence, platforms must have a proven track record of handling an average of 100,000 orders per day over a year in at least two other cities of a size comparable to Hong Kong.
他们还应提交一份详细的商业计划，包括关于提供出租车服务和鼓励出租车司机加入其平台的建议。
They should also submit a detailed business plan, including proposals on providing taxi services and encouraging taxi drivers to with their platforms.
运输及物流局局长陈美宝早前表示，已有超过20个机构领取了平台牌照申请表格，申请截止日期为10月30日。
Secretary for Transport Mable Chan earlier said that more than 20 organisations had obtained application forms for platform licensing, with applications closing on October 30.
当局将网约车许可证数量上限设定为10,000个，远低于Uber提出的30,000个。
The authorities have set a cap on the number of ride-hailing vehicle permits at 10,000, far lower than Uber’s proposal of 30,000.
该公司曾警告，即使配额为15,000个也会导致车费上涨70%，并导致高峰时段40%的叫车请求无法成交。
The company had warned that even a quota of 15,000 would cause a 70 per cent increase in fares and result in 40 per cent of peak-hour ride requests being unsuccessful.