As the current operator of bus services from Shamshabad international airport to different parts of Hyderabad withdrew, the APSRTC inducted a fleet of low floor air-conditioned services that would play between Secunderabad-Shamshabad-via LB Nagar, Shamshabad-SR Nagar-via Secretariat to name a few. Tata Marcopolo buses, which are already in use as City Sheetal, are being used as Pushpak ac services.

Unlike Aero Express, the best part of Pushpak buses is that they would accommodate all passengers. This would simply mean that it would be like any other city service bus wherein you can board anywhere and alight anywhere. However, there would apparently be fewer stops and cost of this service would be high-somewhere between Rs. 100 and Rs. 200 depending on the distance. Also, RTC has plans to come up with Pushpak AC passes, which would enable passenger to travel on any bus without purchasing tickets.

(AW Phani)