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RollCall: Still Struggling Motorcoach Industry Seeks More Federal Aid
The rebound is slow-going, Peter Pantuso said in an interview: “I can tell you in 2021, it wasn’t a lot better than 2020.”
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WBJ Viewpoint: Bus Industry Remains Stalled without Pandemic Relief Funds
Peter Pantuso pens an Op-Ed in the Washington Business Journal about the continued struggles for the bus industry during pandemic.
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WHO13: Iowa Bus Company Calls on Congress to Aid Industry in Pandemic Recovery
“These are companies that have always been very independent, privately owned. They’re small businesses. They don’t want government in their business, but they need a bridge to get them through,” said ABA President and CEO Peter Pantuso.
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Report: COVID Pandemic Continues to Rock Motorcoach Industry as Recovery is Slow
“We have found that the motorcoach industry recorded an 82.6 percent loss of business in 2020 because of the COVID pandemic,” said Peter Pantuso, ABA President & CEO. “While we saw some recovery happening in 2021, the Delta and Omicron
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LandLine: Highway Coalition Urges Congress to Finalize Appropriations
In a letter to congressional leaders, the American Highway Users Alliance said more work needs to be done in order to fulfill the promise of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
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MeetingsNet: A Big Push for Tax Changes and Direct Relief for Meetings-Focused Businesses
And the American Bus Association is seeking $6 billion for its members, many of which provide airport shuttle services, group charters, and destination tours.
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WSJ: Omicron Surge Spurs New Covid-19 Relief Push in Congress
“We started to see a bit of a recovery and then everything shut down and started going the other way,” Mr. Pantuso said.
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UnivisionNews: Congress Must Act: We Can’t Afford to Lose Buses
ABA members Bill Torres of DC Trails in Lorton, Va., and Yolanda Hernandez of Five Star Tours in San Diego published a joint op-ed with Univision about the current state of the motorcoach industry and the continuing struggles facing the
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Chauffeur Driven: ABA Fights for Additional CERTS Funding, Against Estate Tax Changes
American Bus Association (ABA) President & CEO Peter Pantuso was recently a guest on Varney & Co. on Fox Business to discuss the state of the bus industry.
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STNOnline: Nearly 100 U.S. Representatives Seek Tax-Free Status for CERTS Program Funds
Democrat congressional representatives are pushing Congress to grant tax-exempt status to school bus and motorcoach companies that received Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS) Act funds.
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