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One of the pioneers of the market loukost-transport, airline WestJet, in due course offer a new concept for a trip to the «letayuschem bus». Today, this business model is seriously interested bus operators.

This spring discount Megabus bus went to the market with a sensational proposal. Tourists have the opportunity to perform 10-hour trip from Toronto to New York, bought a ticket to one dollar (taking into account the taxes the total value of travel is $ 1.5). First bus moving between these cities has cost at least $ 85.

As the representatives of Megabus, their experience inspired Ryanair. Now odnodollarovye tickets will be offered on all routes operator provided an early booking. Today, one of Scotland’s Stagecoach Group, carries dozens of tourists between the two North American cities.

«This will be the most economical way to travel compared with the planes, trains and private cars», - noted Megabus President Dale Moser. The decline in prices was made possible by the development of computer reservation systems and economies of angarnom storage buses. In addition, according to Moser, the operator intends to change the attitudes of travelers to the bus tours, offering them tickets with fixed seats, a free viewing of video and wireless Internet access. «We want to raise the coach tourism industry to a new level», - he stresses.

Initiative Megabus already podhvatil other largest bus operator in North America - Greyhound. The company noted that 60% of its customers have a median annual income of less than $ 35 thousand, so that the business model «loukost on wheels» has a huge potential for development.