Bus Service Between Irvine Station and LAX Offers Easy Parking, Transportation

Irvine -- Coach America Los Angeles will begin a three year program with FlyAway® nonstop bus service from Irvine Station in Orange County to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The new service is designed to make travel to and from LAX more convenient, direct and affordable for Orange County residents and visitors. Six daily trips in each direction costing $25 one way for adults (up to two students in grades eight and under may ride free with each paying adult, and under five always free) begins in mid-November 2009. Passengers must pay the bus driver upon boarding with a debit or credit card. Cash will not be accepted.

Irvine Station, at 15215 Barranca Parkway, will have 500 parking  spaces, where FlyAway® passengers can park for free for up to 30 days.

Using 22-seat, compressed-natural gas buses owned by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA),the Executive Director Gina Marie Lindsey said the expansion of FlyAway® to Irvine helps reduce regional traffic congestion and improve air quality, while better serving our Orange County customers, especially those travelling internationally.

Daily departures from Irvine Station are scheduled at 4:45 a.m., 6:45 a.m., 8:45 a.m., 10:45 a.m., 12:45 p.m., and 4:45 p.m. Riders to LAX will be dropped off at each terminal on the Upper/Departures Level. Bus service from LAX terminals to Irvine will operate at 9:45 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 3:45 p.m., 5:45 p.m., 7:45 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Riders from LAX will board buses on the Lower/Arrivals Level in front of each terminal under green signs marked “FlyAway, Buses and Long Distance Vans.”

The addition of Irvine by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) is part of its ground transportation initiative to improve passenger convenience and reduce traffic congestion. The Irvine Station is the fourth site in the FlyAway® network. Its other locations at Van Nuys, Westwood and Union Station have transported more than 1.5 million travelers in a year.

Like Union Station, Irvine Station serves other modes of transportation, including Amtrak’s Pacific Sunliner, Southern California Regional Rail Authority’s Metrolink commuter rail, Orange County Transit Authority bus lines, and other local business employee shuttle services. It is the busiest transit station in Orange County, and the 14th busiest Amtrak station nationwide with 669,405 boardings in 2008.

The three-year agreement also calls for Coach to operate the FlyAway® service from Westwood to LAX. LAWA will pay Coach an amount not to exceed $6.5 million over the three years to operate buses at both locations.