Due to various issues faced with meeting passengers arriving on the EK404 flight, from 01 July 2008 Sunbus will no longer take bookings for passengers arriving into Melbourne on this flight number. All current confirmed bookings for passengers on the EK404 flight will be honoured. No other flights are affected.

As there are no coach parking facilities at T4 (Tiger Airlines terminal) all passengers arriving into Melbourne on Tiger Airlines, will need to meet their driver at T3 (Virgin Blue terminal) which is approximately 100 metre walk. For departure transfers, we will again drop you at T3 and you will need to walk 100 metres to the T4 terminal.

Victoria’s Transport minister Peter Batchelor awarded the public transport operators, contractors and staff at Melbourne’s Commonwealth Games a ‘gold medal for an outstanding contribution to the games success’.

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Sita Coaches has recently been awarded the contract to provide bus transport for the Commonwealth Games Family. Under this contract, Sita is committed to provide transport for up to 13,500 Athletes, Team and Technical Officials, Media and Rightsholders, VIP's and Games Workforce participants on a daily basis.

Managing Director, Mr Dominic Sita has already announced plans to increase the size of the company's office accommodation to house the Commonwealth Games bus control centre and in recognition of the company's recent involvement in other major events, such as the Avalon Airshow contract, awarded to Sita Coaches by the Department of Infrastructure earlier this year.

Dominic Sita said "Sita was successful in securing the highly contested contract following an extensive bid process and several months of negotiations. In the wake of the Airshow and other recent major events, Sita is fast establishing itself as a major event specialist and we are greatly excited to be involved in such a prestigious event.

Sita Coaches has recently invested over $4.6 million in purchasing 10 brand new 50 seat Volvo touring coaches, aimed at capitalizing on Australia's re-bounding tourism market.

The purchase of these new vehicles reinforces Sita Groups' ongoing investment in Australia's dynamic tourism industry and keeping the company at the forefront, with the latest technologies.

Sita Coaches decision to invest in these new coaches has been buoyed by positive growth in Australia's tourism figures, and a very positive and enthusiastic response by existing and new clientele within domestic and international markets.

Managing Director, Mr Dominic Sita, believes the significant investment is already reaping rewards with very positive feedback from existing clientele as well as new business from other sources.

"This investment is viewed as very timely for us, with Australia's positive Tourism growth in recent times, and hype leading up to the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in 2006, we are in a strong position to capitalize on new business by having the most up to date fleet of coaches available."

"We are also targeting more conference and event based business, which our large fleet and our new coaches are ideal for." Mr Sita said.