Melbourne-based SkyBus buys Gold Coast Tourist Shuttle from Surfside Buslines
A MELBOURNE-based airport transfer service has snapped up a Gold Coast tourist shuttle service as part of an aggressive expansion plan.
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A MELBOURNE-based airport transfer service has snapped up the Gold Coast Tourist Shuttle (GCTS) as part of an aggressive expansion plan.
SkyBus, which was founded in 1978 and transports five million passengers in Victoria and New Zealand each year, will rebrand GCTS to SkyBus Gold Coast from early next month.
It will compete with Gold Coast bus company Con-X-ion among others in the heavily contested airport transfer service market.
SkyBus co-chief executive Adam Begg said the acquisition was part of a plan to grow the company in Australia.
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“Our move into Gold Coast is an exciting elevation of the SkyBus brand, providing a vital and world class service to one of Australasia’s most popular destinations,” he said.
“With Gold Coast Airport showing strong, continual year-on-year growth, increasingly from its long-haul and domestic passengers, we are optimistic that SkyBus Gold Coast will be the way to go for many travelling to and from this popular destination.”
GCTS is owned and operated by Surfside Buslines, a subsidiary of Robina-based Transit Australia Group.
Gold Coast Airport chief operating officer Marion Charlton welcomed the development.
“The operation of this shuttle has long been an important part of the transport offering at
Gold Coast Airport and we look forward to working with SkyBus on the delivery of the service,” Ms Charlton said.
GCTS buses will be fitted with SkyBus features such as free Wi-Fi, internal luggage racks and smartphone and digital ticketing options.
SkyBus was a Gold prize winner at the 2016 RACV Victorian Tourism Awards and a recipient of the 2017 and 2016 Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence.
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