NYC Express Bus, formerly known as NYC Airporter, was an airport transfer service. NYC Express bus service operated express motor coaches between

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airports and

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owned by Golden Touch Transportation of NY, Inc. It was the only permitted official operator of express airport bus service for the

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and

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(the airports' operator). NYC Express bus was managed by Golden Touch Transportation, a

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affiliate, and operated by franchised bus operators using Golden Touch/NYC Airporter-branded vehicles. These vehicles included diesel and hybrid-electric cutaway buses built on

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chassis,

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transit buses, and others. Operations began in January 2011 when Golden Touch acquired the

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and

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express airport bus permit with the NYCDOT and Port Authority, previously held by New York Airport Service (which now operates vans instead of their buses), allowing Golden Touch to begin express service from Manhattan to the two airports and ended sometime in 2020. The service was branded NYC Airporter, “Your Express Ride to New York City”.Official Press Release
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and

to streetside pickup and dropoff points near New York Penn Station, Grand Central Terminal, and the

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in Manhattan. It also booked customers through

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' Newark Airport Express bus service, where customers traveling into Kennedy or LaGuardia going to Newark Liberty International Airport could purchase one ticket from NYC Airporter to transfer to Olympia's bus service in Manhattan.

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