Exclusive New Shuttle Service Selected to Operate at Honolulu International Airport
10/17/11 - Starting from Sunday, October 16, a new shuttle service has begun operating at Honolulu International Airport. In addition to transportation services to Aloha Tower and Waikiki, the new concession will offer destinations to virtually every other point on Oahu.
SpeediShuttle has been selected by the Hawai‘i State Department of Transportation to operate the exclusive concession to provide on-demand shuttle service for passengers arriving at Honolulu International Airport beginning October 16, 2011. SpeediShuttle is headquartered in Maui operating on the islands of Oahu, Maui, Big Island and Kauai. The five-year concession award was the result of a competitive proposal process that included six of the largest ground transportation companies in Hawai‘i.
SpeediShuttle’s core business has been airport shared-ride shuttle service since its inception in 1999. SpeediShuttle’s operating platform utilizes Mercedes Benz Sprinters, the safest and highest quality shuttles in the world. The company will deploy an additional 30 of the eleven-passenger vehicles on O‘ahu at the commencement of service at the Honolulu International Airport. In addition to servicing the Waikiki and Aloha Tower destinations, which is the current service area, SpeediShuttle will service all points on O‘ahu.
Technology also played a role in the selection. For convenience, SpeediShuttle will deploy boarding pass kiosks at strategic locations throughout the terminals and will have greeters dressed in traditional Hawaiian attire offering service and issuing boarding passes with tablet PCs at any airport location.
Also key to the SpeediShuttle proposal was the development of a sense of place. “When visitors and local residents see our airport team they will know they’ve arrived in Hawai‘i,” Morton stated. He plans to enhance the uniforms for his greeters, shuttle attendants, and drivers by introducing women in Hawaiian print dresses, men in lava lavas and all wearing kukui nut lei.
Morton stated that reported historical data indicate that there are in excess of 300,000 arrival seats per year serviced by the current operator from the airport to Waikiki and to Aloha Tower, and that the numbers will continue to grow significantly as the economy improves. Growth will also result from the expanded SpeediShuttle service area that will include all of Oahu.
For more information please visit www.speedishuttle.com
