Lothian Buses: airport fleet
Trident / President
[edit]The first type of low-floor bus used for the newly created Airlink branded service were from the Dennis Trident / Plaxton President batches. Tridents were delivered at various times, later ones replacing earlier ones, as listed below. After Airlink use, all Tridents were subsequently repainted and transferred to the main fleet.
- Five from the V-reg batch (1999) - 541-545
- Four from the W-reg batch (2000) - 546-549
- Five from the 51-reg batch (2001) - 601-605
- Six from the 52-reg batch (2002) - 645, 652-656 (656 renumbered 634 in 2004)
- Five (all) of the 53-reg batch (2003) - 657-661 (renumbered 629-633 in 2004)
- Five from the 04-reg batch (2004) - 662-666 (666 renumbered 628 in 2008, post Airlink)
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OmniCity
[edit]The Tridents were subsequently replaced by the Scania OmniCity fleet, delivered in two batches, five in Summer 2006 (06-reg), then a further ten in Autumn 2007 (57 reg). After Airlink use, all OmniCitys were subsequently repainted and transferred to the main fleet.
B9TL / Eclipse Gemini 2
[edit]The OmniCity's were replaced by the fourteen 10-registered Volvo B9TL / Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 2 batch, delivered in March 2010. This saw a refreshing of the livery to a lighter blue, but retaining the Airlink brand. Two buses (937/8) have since been repainted for use in the Lothian Country Buses fleet.
B5TL / Gemini 3
[edit]On 1 July 2015, twelve new buses of the 15-registered B5TL / Gemini 3 batch entered service, wearing yet another version of Airlink livery, relieved with gold.