Flybus, a Bangalore-Mysore luxury service introduced by KSRTC, saw poor occupancy on its maiden journey from Mysore on Thursday.
The authorities hope that business will pick up soon. There were 5 and 8 passengers respectively on the inaugural trip, against the total seating capacity of 40.
While the first bus started at the scheduled departure at 2 am, the second one was delayed by almost half-an-hour, which led to anxiety among passengers catching international flights from Bangalore. Sri Lanka-bound Dr Tulsiram and Preetha who had their flight at 8.30 pm from Bangalore International Airport (BIA) were on the second bus. They said that it was a convenient mode of transport, as it would do away with taking another bus or taxi from Bangalore city to BIA.Â
B V Srinivas, divisional controller, KSRTC, Mysore, told reporters that ticket booking could be done on the website: www.ksrtc.in. One can also book tickets on makemytrip.com, redbus.com and flight booking centres. The fare is Rs 990 and an additional Rs 10 is charged for online booking. He said that steps would be taken to make foreign tourists, university delegates, industrialists and others aware of the facility.
"Soon we will facilitate bookings at luxury hotels. After the success of the route, we will extend the same to the Infosys campus in Mysore, Electronic City in Bangalore and other places," he added.
He said that the bus takes the NICE road, which prevents it from getting stuck in traffic, freeing passengers of worries.
