FlyAway Bus
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FlyAway bus at Union Station
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| Parent | Los Angeles World Airports |
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| Founded | 1975 |
| Locale | Los Angeles County, California |
| Service area |
 United States
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| Service type | Airport shuttle |
| Routes | 5 |
| Fuel type | Diesel, Compressed Natural Gas |
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Union Station and Van Nuys routes: Coach USA (Pacific Coast Sightseeing Tours and Charters) Hollywood, Long Beach, and Westwood routes: MV Transportation |
| Website | Lawa.org |
Union Station and Van Nuys routes: Coach USA (Pacific Coast Sightseeing Tours and Charters)
FlyAway is a shuttle bus service created and funded by Los Angeles World Airports, which transports passengers non-stop to and from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Currently, there are five routes in service with separate schedules. Most make no stops in between LAX and their terminus station.
At the airport, the blue buses are easily distinguishable and pick up travelers at every terminal on the (lower) arrival level under green signs reading FlyAway, Buses and Long-Distance Vans. When dropping off passengers, the bus stops at each airport terminal on the (upper) departure level.
The Van Nuys and Union Station routes use larger motorcoach buses, while the Westwood, Hollywood, and Long Beach routes use smaller cutaway shuttle buses or low-floor transit-style buses. As well as using the blue FlyAway branded buses, sometimes FlyAway Bus routes use buses from the fleet of its operators which do not have the same blue livery.
The LAX FlyAway bus network is owned by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), the City of Los Angeles department which owns and operates three airports in Greater Los Angeles area. The FlyAway is part of the LAWA ground transportation initiative to improve passenger convenience, reduce traffic congestion and vehicle emissions pollutants by encouraging high-occupancy vehicle ridership as part of the LAX Master Plan Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program.
LAWA reported the LAX FlyAway network serviced more than 1.5 million passengers in 2008; saving its passengers from driving a combined total of 23 million vehicle miles, and saving nearly one million gallons of gasoline.
This route travels between LAX and the FlyAway terminal building and parking structure located near the LAWA-owned Van Nuys Airport.
The Van Nuys FlyAway route provides services 24 hours a day, with buses departing every half-hour throughout much of the day (except every 15 minutes during peak hours and every hour late in the night).
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