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Back in 1994 Express Air Coach owner
Paul Davis left Purdue University with his degree in Aviation Administration
and headed out to Chicago to work for United Airlines. Much of
that time was spent working at O’Hare, and after 10 years in the airline
business it didn’t take long for Paul to see a good opportunity to
get back to the campus and community he loved. His vision was
to fill a need for safe, reliable, and affordable transportation to
the airport he had grown to love; the “big airport” Chicago O’Hare. With his knowledge of O’Hare, the airline business, scheduling, and landside operations, Paul bought a van, enlisted the help of family members and convinced his father to come out of retirement to launch the venture. In October of 2004, Express Air Coach started round trip service from Purdue to O’Hare with one van, and Paul and his father Jim Davis driving and taking reservations. Since those simple and humble beginnings, the company and operation has grown to five scheduled trips daily and more vans have been added to the fleet, with additional equipment on order for a first quarter 2008 delivery. Express Air Coach now has vans on the road 18 hours a day and 24 hour a day reservations either via phone or through online bookings. Paul knows the people are what make the business fun. “We’ve carried thousands of customers from all different walks of life and they are the lifeline and pulse of what we do. In this line of work, we have met some of the most unique and interesting people and had the opportunity to share part of their travel experience with them.” In July of 2007, Express Air Coach launched an impressive web based automated reservation and dispatch system which allows customers to book and pay for their reservation anytime from anywhere in the world with internet access. Express Air Coach is now positioned to handle the ever growing demand for quality airport shuttle transportation to what we believe is the premier International gateway airport in the Midwest, Chicago O’Hare. Express Air Coach connects one of the great airports in the world to one of the great universities in the world, Purdue. Paul believes this service is the perfect fit for the Greater Lafayette community. “In only three hours you can be at the gates of O’Hare and go anywhere in the world or just hop a cab or the blue line to the loop and be in the greatest city in the world.” |
