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The Skybus Shuttle operates an airport bus service between Melbourne Airport, Tullamarine and Southern Cross station in the Melbourne City Centre. Skybus carries over 2 million passengers per year and 8.3% of all Tullamarine passengers.〔(Skybus: Representing Melbourne’s travel and tourism industry into the future ) Victorian Competition & Efficiency Commission〕 ==History== Skybus commenced operations on 6 June 1978, running a shuttle service between Melbourne Airport and Melbourne City Centre. On 2 August 1982, Skybus took over the airport bus services run by the now-defunct airlines Ansett and TAA.〔"Victorian Buses in the eighties" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' issue 6/2 September 1990 page 13〕〔(Skybus ) Australian Bus Fleet Lists〕 Until November 2000, the Melbourne City Centre terminus was at a coach depot in Franklin Street. It would pick up passengers at the then Spencer Street station and various city hotels before continuing on to the airport. In November 2000, Skybus relocated to Spencer Street station with services operating express to the airport, cutting the journey time to 20 minutes and allowing more services to be introduced. Connecting minibuses were introduced to continue the hotel transfer/pickup service.〔(New Home For Skybus At Spencer Street Station ) Government of Victoria 6 November 2000〕 In 2002 the Government of Victoria opted to contribute $3 million to a $10 million plan to expand and improve Skybus services, after a feasibility study into a city to airport rail link found the service would not be viable. The initiative funded the purchase of new buses, and improvements to the Tullamarine Freeway, to give Skybus vehicles priority in traffic.〔(Better buses replace dumped rail link ) ''The Age'' 12 June 2002〕 The operation has an audited revenue share arrangement with the Victorian Government.〔(Train derailed by buck-passing and vested interests ) ''The Age'' 26 June 2010〕 In August 2008 the Skybus contract was renewed for five years. In 2007 Skybus' patronage grew by 17% over the previous year, to 1.6 million passengers, with estimated revenue of $24 million.〔(Brumby Government Signs New Five Year for Skybus (sic) ) ''Premier of Victoria'' 26 August 2008〕 Proposals to improve the bus service involving turning emergency lanes into bus lanes on the freeway and the Bolte Bridge and putting SkyBus on a myki fare, were challenged by CityLink operator Transurban, because it would limit its toll revenue, and by Melbourne Airport, because it would reduce its car parking profits.〔(SkyBus lane faces fight ) ''The Age'' 4 January 2013〕 (Both facilities were privatised in the 1990s.) In September 2014, Skybus was purchased by a consortium that included Catalyst Direct Capital Management and OPTrust Private Markets Group.〔(OPTrust, Catalyst acquire Australia’s SkyBus ) ''AltAssets'' 8 September 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Skybus Super Shuttle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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