Edmonton's taxi industry will vote on a proposal Wednesday that would mean customers would pay the same fare to and from the airport.

Airport Taxi charges a flat rate to take customers into the city from the Edmonton International Airport. The company has exclusive rights to pick up customers at the airport but they are not allowed to take passengers from Edmonton back to the airport.

Instead, customers rely on city cabs that charge a metered rate, which can differ from the flat rate.

Under the new proposal, city cab drivers taking customers to the airport will run the meter, but customers will pay the flat rate charged by Airport Taxi, if it is lower than the metered rate.

"There was a great deal of difficulty with people coming into the city and saying "Well, you know, I paid $56 to come into town and now you have to charge me $75 to go back out to the airport? What are you trying to do?'" said Leon Lubin, the city's vice-chair of the Vehicle for Hire Commission.

"It sounded like we were ripping people off and I think the reputation of the city was on the line. So we looked at the problem, we talked to the people and they agreed."

The commission will vote on the proposal on Wednesday. The change would then have to be approved by city council.