Bangalore, March 27, 2008: Volvo Bus Body Technology said on Tuesday that it has received an order for an additional 240 city buses from the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC). Some of these buses will be deployed between Bangalore and the new international airport in Devanahalli.

The new order is in addition to the 70 Volvo buses which were ordered earlier by the BMTC, which runs the city bus service. “Passengers are very satisfied with the comfort provided by the Volvo buses,” BMTC Managing Director, Mr Upendra Tripathy, said in a press statement.