k124eb in wagga wagga new south wales february 2010 parent frank bono founded 1966 headquarters maidstone service type coach operator routes 2 destinations adelaide melbourne sydney hubs southern cross station depots 1 fleet 13 april 2014 website www.fireflyexpress.com.au firefly express is an australian interstate coach operator . contents 1 history 2 fleet 3 references 4 external links history edit coach concepts bodied scania k124eb in february 2010 firefly express origins can be traced back to 1966 when frank bono and george sita purchased route 406 footscray east keilor . in 1968 bono took full control . in november 1986 firefly commenced operating an overnight melbourne to sydney service . in july 1987 route 406 was sold to westrans and the melbourne charter licences of vip express purchased . 1 2 in december 1987 a daylight service was introduced between melbourne and sydney but did not become a permanent feature . in september 1988 an overnight melbourne to adelaide service commenced . 1 3 in july 2011 firefly commenced operating services between ballarat ararat murtoa horsham and nhill under contract to v line . 4 fleet edit firefly commenced interstate operations using austral tourmaster and later hd1 coaches . 1 in the 1990s it purchased double deck denning landseer coaches some second hand . since 1998 it has purchased scanias with coach design and coach concepts bodywork operating 13 as at april 2014 six painted in v line livery . 5 references edit a b c firefly fleetline november 1990 page 171 victorian buses in the eighties australian bus panorama 6 8 may 1991 page 14 victorian buses in the eighties australian bus panorama 7 1 august 1991 page 3 july 2011 firefly coaches commences operation of v line services phillip boyce & associates 1 july 2011 firefly express australian bus fleet lists external links edit company website v t e australian interstate coach operators current aat kings australian pacific tours firefly express greyhound australia murrays premier motor service former ansett pioneer bus australia casino 99 deluxe coachlines intertour kirkland s omnibus service lindsay s coaches mccafferty s coaches newmans coach lines oz experience redline skennars sunliner express trans city express vip express retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title firefly express & oldid 674349138 categories bus companies of australiabus transport in australia1966 establishments in australiahidden categories use dmy dates from november 2013use australian english from november 2013all wikipedia articles written in australian english 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 3 august 2015 at 10 34 . 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