TAMPA, FLA., - Tampa International Airport [TPA] is furthering their commitment to sustainability with the integration of four BYD K9M 40-foot electric buses to transport workers, Christina Marsh reports for AviationPros. Continue reading original article.
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5 June 2023 - Tampa International Airport Senior Manager of Communications Josh Gillin said the buses went into service on May 15.
“These buses are being used to transport workers for our vendors and our partner businesses at the airport and currently they have to park at an employee lot. So, these are being used as shuttles to bring the employees from the employee lot to the main terminal over at the airport,” Gillin said. “They will bring them to the main terminal and then they can go out to whatever business they work at any of our air sides. So, the idea here was we have a circuit of buses that run continuously 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and we had a fleet of seven diesel buses.”
The K9M low-floor electric buses are powered by electricity instead of fossil fuels. The 16-ton buses are handicapped-accessible, equipped with USB chargers, luggage racks and can seat up to 37 passengers.
As part of the project, the airport installed Siemens SICHARGE charging centers with three dispensers in the employee parking lot, where the buses are parked when not in service.
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