Vayu Vajra' for BIA

Vayu Vajra' for BIA
DH News Service, Bangalore:


The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has named its Volvo airport shuttle service to Bengaluru International Airport, ‘Vayu Vajra’.

With Volvo delivering 40 vehicles to BMTC by end of this month, buses built on B7RLE chassis and the body are designed after the Volvo 8700 European model.

They feature low entry, a wheelchair ramp, baggage racks for airport travellers and air conditioning. The 290-hp engine meets Euro III emission standard.

With 49 city Volvo buses already plying on city roads, the total number of Volvo buses delivered to BMTC will reach 240 by the year 2009, said officials from Volvo.

“The bus will be officially inaugurated by P K H Tharakan on March 30 along with the ‘Suvarna’ peak hour buses built on Ashok Leyland chassis.

These will ply for four hours in the mornings and evenings,” said Upendra Tripathy, managing director of BMTC.