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Epic GOG
Time: 16:35:20
Mid Price: 1471.00
Change Today: -12.00 Descending
Change % Today: -0.81 Descending
Fifty Two Week High: 1556.00
Fifty Two Week Low: 1028.00
Market Capital: 632.58
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Market: LSE
Sector: Transportation
Epic: GOG
News: Latest news
Web Site: Go Ahead Group
Other Articles: 23-11-200904-11-200903-09-2009

Go Ahead Group

Go-Ahead Group plc is a United Kingdom-based Company. The Company is engaged in the provision of passenger transport and aviation services. The company operates in three divisions: Bus, Rail and Aviation Services. The Company is one of the United Kingdom’s bus operators. With a fleet of over 3,400 buses, it carries around 1.6 million passengers every day. It operates deregulated services in the north east; Oxford; the south east and southern England. Its rail operation, Govia, is 65%-owned by Go-Ahead and 35% by Keolis. The Company’s aviation services division is a provider of cargo services (primarily Plane Handling), ground handling (primarily Aviance UK) and car parking (Meteor).The division operates from16 airports and services airline operators, such as British Airways (BA), Virgin and bmi. Its market services within Meteor include Meet & Greet and Pink Elephant services.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Go Ahead Group dips its toes into US school bus market

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FTSE 250 bus, rail and air services group Go-Ahead Group (LSE: GOG), has decided to enter the North American school bus market through a 50/50 joint venture with Cook-Illinois, a family owned and operated school bus contractor in the United States.  Cook-Illinois has over 2,000 buses in 200 school districts operating in the Chicago area.


The joint venture will focus on winning contracts outside of Cook-Illinois’ current area of activity.


"This JV is an exciting new venture for Go-Ahead. It represents an excellent, low risk and financially disciplined way for us to gradually build an operation in this strategically attractive market,” stated Keith Ludeman, Chief Executive of Go-Ahead. “The North American yellow school bus market shares many of the same characteristics as our UK bus operations and we are delighted to be working with Cook-Illinois, one of the largest school bus fleet operators in the United States. We both believe passionately in running high quality operations with a strong local focus and identity. The JV will draw upon the expertise of both of our organisations to explore potential opportunities."


Go-Ahead also was keen to stress that its principle area of focus was still the UK market, where it is one of the leading bus and rail operators.

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