friendly affordable parent inmotion group commenced operation 21 november 2014 headquarters auckland service area north island service type intercity coach services website www.manabus.com manabus.com 1 is an intercity coach service operator in new zealand . the company is owned by brian souter s inmotion group . 2 3 contents 1 history 2 corporate strategy 3 services 4 fleet 5 references 6 external links history edit manabus.com commenced operating express coach services on the north island of new zealand on 21 november 2014 . 4 5 in may 2015 it took over nakedbus . 6 corporate strategy edit advertised fares start at 1 plus 1 booking fee using a yield management model as employed by sister companies megabus onnibus and polskibus . 7 8 manabus.com intends to operate at a high load factor using yield management pricing and large double decker buses to keep capital cost per seat and fuel burn per seat at low levels . founder brian souter believes that bus journeys of up to six hours can compete with air travel . 9 services edit manabus.com operates five services 10 auckland wellington wellington napier auckland tauranga auckland hamilton whangarei hamilton whangarei rotorua fleet edit manabus.com operates a fleet of kiwi bus builders bodied volvo b11rs . 4 references edit companies office extract company 4961839 manabus.com limited companies house extract company no sc432205 highland global transport limited new express bus service the dominion post 29 august 2014 a b souter launches low cost nz express service bus & coach professional 31 october 2014 manabus to launch in north island tv3 30 october 2014 anthony john 8 may 2015 . manabus buys nakedbus but brands to remain separate . stuff . retrieved 14 november 2015 . manabus.com launches express coach service in new zealand souter investments 30 october 2014 about manabus.com manabus.com 29 october 2014 brian souter interview radio new zealand 18 november 2014 timetable manabus.com external links edit company website v t e bus transport in new zealand urban bus companies go bus transport go bus christchurch nz bus go west north star link metrolink waka pacific go wellington valley flyer highland global transport howick & eastern mana coach services newlands coach services red bus ritchies transport long distance bus companies intercity manabus.com nakedbus.com tourism bus companies great sights & newmans kiwi experience nakedpassport.com bus manufacturers designline international kiwi bus builders government and regulation new zealand transport agency at auckland citylink new plymouth metlink wellington metro christchurch orc dunedin queenstown bus smart invercargill history invercargill passenger transport mount cook group new zealand railways road services infrastructure central connector auckland northern busway auckland wellington trolleybuses retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title manabus.com & oldid 706937579 categories bus companies of new zealand2014 establishments in new zealandhidden categories use new zealand english from november 2014all wikipedia articles written in new zealand englishuse dmy dates from november 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 february 2016 at 03 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view