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Record turnover for Irizar globally has underlined the quality of its coach and bus range, despite a home market in Spain still in recession. Group Irizar turned over €556 million (£443.85 m) and produced a staggering 5,368 coaches, with more than 1,000 leaving the Spanish…
Widely experienced automotive specialist Julie Hartley has joined Irizar UK as its Business Development Manager. Bringing over 25 years transport industry knowledge to the new role, pre-dominantly spent in sales and marketing functions within the bus and coach sectors, Julie returns to coach sales after…
Ian Hall, Irizar UK’s Sales Director, will be back at work on 2 June after his recent health scare. “Having a heart attack at 60 can be a catastrophic and life changing event,” says Ian. “I was lucky… very lucky! The survival rate for someone…
Centurion Travel has given top marks to its 14-metre, 61-seat tri-axle i6 Integral after a month’s tour work. The highly specified coach – the first using Irizar UK’s ‘all stainless’ steelwork option – went straight to work direct from the factory and hasn’t missed a…
Kent operator Buzzlines Travel says the 13.8-metre tri-axle it is running this summer won’t be the last integral it buys from Irizar UK. “The customer reaction has been fantastic,” said Operations Director Nigel Busbridge. “As they board, our passengers have, literally, said ‘Wow.’ Although I…
When buying a new coach, changing brands is a major decision! West Sussex based Roadmark Travel has moved from Mercedes coaches to Irizar with this i6 Integral from Irizar UK. The two-coach company which runs its own tours and excursions programme puts quality above quantity…
Two more i6 Integrals have started duties in the Johnson Bros Tours fleet. The Worksop-based operator has been running two similar vehicles, bought from Irizar UK Coach Sales, for a season and says its decision to buy again has been based on the performance…
Irizar is among manufacturers taking part in the ZeEUS project – which aims to develop and deliver electric buses for major European cities. ZeEUS, which stands for “Zero Emission vehicles in Urban Society,” was launched in Brussels in January, with the objective of to develop…
A customer familiarisation visit to Irizar’s state-of-the-art factory at Ormaiztegi in Spain resulted in extensive press coverage – and an order for a new coach. The two-day visit ensured potential customers for Irizar UK’s range of integral coaches saw the global quality of the Irizar…
Wigan-based Olympia Travel UK broke with a tradition of buying Volvo coaches to take its first i6 Integral from Irizar UK. The 25-vehicle operator was looking for a change of engine in their fleet having stuck with the same marque since 1995: “We looked at…