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Starting July 15, Santa Barbara Airbus will offer eight daily trips to Los Angeles International Airport, and eight trips from LAX to Carpinteria, Santa Barbara and Goleta. Schedules have been adjusted to accommodate the additional trips, according to a news release. Passengers who booked trips on the bus for July 15 or after will be notified of the change in schedule times and rebooked on the trip closest to their original time.
In addition to the LAX schedule expansion, the organization also added transportation to the cruise ship ports and day trips. Cruise Ship Connection will get passengers to the San Pedro and Long Beach cruise ports once daily on cruise ship arrival and departure days.
Samantha Onnen, Santa Barbara Airbus General Manager.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Santa Barbara Airbus to resume full service schedule to LAX and day trip destinations.
Santa Barbara Airbus will increase their services as travel volumes continue to increase.
Starting July 15, the service will offer eight trips to LAX daily and eight trips from LAX to their northern drop-off locations in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara and Goleta.
Existing schedules have been adjusted to accommodate the additional trips.
Passengers who booked trips on the bus for July 15th or after will be notified of the change in schedule times and rebooked on the trip closest to their original trip time.
Santa Barbara Airbus services rolling again on the South Coast
GOLETA, Calif. - The Santa Barbara Airbus has relaunched its service after it was sidelined because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The bus service is popular for those heading to Los Angeles International Airport.
The headquarters are in Goleta with a departure spot there and multiple stops throughout Santa Barbara and Carpinteria.
The ribbon cutting event Thursday morning was under a colorful arch of balloons.
Each bus goes through complete COVID safety and cleanliness compliance procedures.
A special morning ribbon cutting with the South Coast Chamber of Commerce kicked off the renewed service.
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“We believe that we are reopening as safely as possible for our staff and customers,” she said. “We are excited to be open in time for summer travel.”
Airbus previously announced plans to reopen on Nov. 16 after being closed since last March, and subsequently delayed that reopening until Dec. 14.
Then, on Dec. 2, as the winter surge in COVID-19 cases was gaining momentum, the company announced that it would delay reopening yet again until 2021.
“Airbus has weathered many ups and downs during our 38 years of business, CEO and co-founder Eric Onnen. COVID has been the hardest. We are thankful to have endured the business closure and look forward to returning to operations and rehiring our valued staff.”