Melbourne Airport has announced a new express Skybus service which will connect Brimbank, one of Melbourne Airport’s largest workforce catchment areas, directly with the airport for the first time.
The sunshine express service, set to launch on November 9 this year, is one of two new Skybus services announced by the airport.
The other service, launching on August 31, will travel between Box Hill central and Melbourne Airport with stops at Watsonia and Doncaster.
Melbourne Airport chief of property, retail and ground transport Jai McDermott welcomed the SkyBus expansion.
“SkyBus is an essential part of our transport mix, and these new services will provide much needed improvements to connectivity for our staff and passengers,” he said.
“The airport is growing, and with the recent approval of our third runway we are on track to welcome more than 76 million passengers by 2042, so we need the right transport infrastructure in place to support that growth and SkyBus will play a pivotal role in this.
“Melbourne Airport is the largest employment precinct in Victoria outside of the Melbourne CBD with an indirect workforce of more than 20,000 which is served by just four public bus routes, one of which does not run on weekends.
“That’s why we have long been advocating for more bus services and why we are so grateful for this announcement.”
