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Delaware Express Adds Two New Clean-Diesel, MCI® J4500 Coaches
Equipped With Three-Point Passenger Seatbelts to Fast-Growing Fleet

SCHAUMBURG, IL — December 9, 2011 — Delaware Express began as a glimmer of an idea in the mind of President Gerry Frenze when he was an undergraduate work/study student at the University of Delaware.

Nearly 30 years later, it's one of the state's major independent transportation companies and growing fast with MCI. The Newark, Delaware-based company is adding two new MCI J4500 coaches this year and another two in 2012.

"I was working in the accounts payable department at the university, and I learned how much they were paying for bus service," said Frenze, who turned that discovery into a paid education in the transportation business.

As a senior marketing student in 1982, Frenze realized there were some favorable trends, the most important one being the federal deregulation of the transportation industry that year. He would start his company as an airport shuttle and town car business, and then added full-size coach transport after 9/11. "Right after 9/11, the shuttle business fell through the floor, and we decided to add tours and charters to even things out," said Frenze. "That's worked out very well for us. When shuttles are slow, the buses are busy" along the East Coast routes the company runs from Canada to Florida with its 20-coach fleet. The 110-employee company has 60 vehicles total, including vans and limousines.

The two new J4500s have rounded out Delaware Express's 20-coach all-MCI fleet. Marketing safety and technology for 2012, Delaware Express equipped the high end models with three-point passenger seatbelts, Wi-Fi, satellite television, power outlets, and drivecam. Standard features on the model include a smooth wide-ride suspension, Electronic Stability Control, a SmartWave® tire pressure monitoring and Amerex fire suppression system. Delaware Express also added a custom galley for snack and beverage service.

"We like MCI because the J4500 model has great curb appeal and repair and service is the best," said Frenze.

Asked what he likes best about his business, Frenze responds, "Helping to make the customers special occasions more enjoyable."

Delaware Express is a member of UMA and ABA. Its website is www.delexpress.com.

The MCI J4500 is North America's best-selling intercity coach, a distinction it has enjoyed for nearly seven years running. The coach also features clean-diesel engine technology that limits particulate matter, offering near-zero emissions

Motor Coach Industries, headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, is the leading builder of intercity, over-the-road coaches for the tour, charter, line-haul, scheduled service, commuter transit and conversion markets in the U.S. and Canada. The company builds the industry's best-selling models and also operates six sales centers and seven service centers in the U.S. and Canada. MCI offers a network of aftermarket services including parts supply for most makes and models.

Press contact: Patricia Plodzeen Public Relations, 847-283-0883; or Motor Coach Industries Marketing Department, 847-285-2035.

 

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