Aircoach is an Ireland-based subsidiary company of FirstGroup. It provides airport express coach services from Cork, Belfast, Greystones, Bray, South Dublin and Dublin City Centre to Dublin Airport. It also operates contracted bus services for airport car parks and other private hire contracts in the Dublin area.
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History
Aircoach was formed in 1999 by John O'Sullivan, a former Bus Éireann employee. O'Sullivan sold 90% of the company to FirstGroup in 2003 for EUR15 million before selling the remaining 10% for EUR1.5 million to FirstGroup in 2005.
Aircoach was awarded the Overall Logistics and Transport Excellence Award at the 2011 Irish Logistics and Transport Awards. The company was also named as the Irish Inter-City coach operator of the year at the 2014 and 2018 Fleet Bus and Coach awards.
In addition to its scheduled services, Aircoach also operates shuttle bus services at Dublin Airport along with contract services and is the Official Coach Supplier to the Leinster Rugby Team.
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Past Services
The first Aircoach route, Ballsbridge to Dublin Airport, was suspended after 14 years of operation in April 2013. Many of the stops on this service continue to be served by the Leopardstown route, with the stops unique to this service being amalgamated into the Greystones route.
A service from Ballinteer to Dublin Airport ran from April 2011 until December 2012, whilst the company also previously ran stopping commuter services to Belfast (2004-2010), Cork (2004-2012) and Portlaoise (2004-2006) to/from Dublin City and Dublin Airport.
The Phoenix Park shuttle ran from May 2008 until January 2010 using East Lancs Myllennium buses which were powered by LPG.
Fleet
The company operates a fleet of 52 coaches to operate its scheduled services and 15 buses, including a number of articulated vehicles to operate the car park and staff shuttle services at Dublin Airport.
All coaches operated by Aircoach offer a core specification of leather seating, climate control, air-conditioning, reading lights, foot rests, free Wifi, seatbelts, wheelchair access and CCTV.
The company took delivery of 39 Volvo B11R Plaxton Panther 3 coaches during 2014-2018, All 39 coaches feature plug and USB charging sockets in addition to the Aircoach core specification. The coaches are a mixture of 49 seaters with toilets or 53 seaters without toilets.
Aircoach also operates a fleet of 12 Jonckheere SHV Volvo B12B tri-axles built in 2008/9 and a 2005 Setra S315GT-HD.
The Dublin Airport car park shuttle uses 12 articulated Mercedes-Benz Citaro buses, with a 2013 Wright Streetlite, a 2006 Wright Eclipse bodied Volvo B7RLE and a 2002 Mercedes-Benz Citaro rigid used on staff shuttle duty.
See also
- List of bus operators of the United Kingdom
References
External links
Media related to Aircoach at Wikimedia Commons
- Aircoach Homepage
- FirstGroup Homepage
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