National Express's airport taxi-sharing business dot2dot has got stuck in first gear, the company admitted today.

The trains and coaches giant launched dot2dot last November. With 75 plush Mercedes 12-seaters, it promises to pick up travellers in central London and deposit them at Heathrow and Gatwick (or vice-versa) for £22 one-way, the only drawback being you will have to share your journey with strangers.
But today, National Express said the service's take-up over the last three months 'has not been as strong as anticipated'.

A spokesman said lessons are being learned in the start-up, which has not been helped by statistics showing National Express launched the business in the worst air-industry slowdown since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

The company now plans to develop corporate customer accounts with the message that 'shared rides' are the future for those with an environmental conscience.

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