akansha singh and her 2yearold son had a dreadful wait at mopa having just got off the flight from delhi at the manohar international airport she was dismayed to find no way out tagging along her luggage and a near cranky baby in search of a vehicle was getting super stressful there were no taxis available to take us from mopa to anjuna she saysseveral passengers have had similar woes kavya jaiprakash from bengaluru had hoped she would reach her hotel in morjim sooner from mopa than if she had landed in dabolim but that did not happen we waited for three hours for a cab then walked to the main entrance to find no taxis available thankfully i had a local drivers number from a previous visit so i called him we wasted more time travelling from mopa to morjim than flying from bengaluru to goa she sharesthe air traffic at the mopa airport is steadily increasing since it first started operations on january 5 with direct flights to mumbai pune delhi jaipur nagpur chennai and other cities however the road transport from the airport seems dismalfour taxi booths but few taxiswith more tourists landing at mopa theres a constant scrunch for taxis going out of the airport we landed an hour ago and have tried almost everything to get a cab to drop us to vagator from enquiring at the taxi booths which have no taxis to downloading an app which had a glitch in the system we are running from pillar to post to find a taxi and its really exhausting says raghuvendra who travelled to goa on vacation with his wifeironically very few drivers want to go to mopa even though the airport is fully functional a tour operator on condition of anonymity tells us the airport is extremely deserted the paid parking charges are high we do get calls for pickups but drivers hesitate to go there as they may have to wait if the flights are delayed which invariably leads to higher parking chargesno takers for highend carswhile rentacab is an option most flyers are not looking at long term rentals they just want someone to drop them off at their hotels renting a cab for four days is expensive it comes to about rs18000 plus petrol which is at your expense we have come to goa to relax and not drive around says raghvendrawhen posing as a tourist the reporter was informed that only highend cars were available the cars can be booked for a minimum of two days informed the salesperson at the counter since most are highend cars tourists are hesitant to rent them says nilesh chauhan a travellerthough the resorts provide pickups and drops to the airport they are chargeable at higher rates thus guests opt to arrange for their own we usually call the guests to enquire if they need a cab prior to their arrival or departure the rates are usually on par with or a bit higher