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Premier Alaska Tours adds two new MCI® J4500 coaches
Passengers get cozy comfort for wilderness land tours, workday commutes

SCHAUMBURG, IL — June 17, 2011 — Premier Alaska Tours, Anchorage, finds the MCI J4500 coach ideal for its high-end tour clients, rugged roads and extreme winter weather. The charter company has added two new 2011 MCI J4500 coaches. The model now accounts for 75 percent of Premier Alaska’s fleet of 32 MCI coaches.

Premier Alaska's newest J4500 coaches are equipped with three-point passenger seatbelts, pillow-top plush seating by Amaya, a state-of-the-art Blaupunkt entertainment system with six flat-screen monitors and 110-volt power ports at every seat. The company, renowned for creating customized land-tour packages for international cruise ship operators during the spring and summer months, also keeps its fleet busy by providing commuter services to oil and forestry company executives and charter services to school districts in the winter months.

Due to the extreme winter weather conditions in Alaska, the company takes its models with specifications that include a larger auxiliary heater, extra insulation, and a heated entryway and driver area. "The J4500 is a good coach for us," said Josh Howes, president of Premier Alaska. "The model has great curb appeal and fewer components for us to worry about. MCI has always been able to do the conversions that we request, such as the heated stairwell and bigger heaters; these make a big difference when its 40 degrees below zero."

Premier Alaska Tours started in 1995 as a local travel agency. It began to offer charters in 2000, when it purchased a pre-owned coach. The company took delivery of its first new MCI coach in 2001. Today, the company has a complete fleet of 50 vehicles. It operates its own service centers in Anchorage and Fairbanks, which are recommended by MCI's roadside assistance network for maintenance and repair.

The company is owned and operated by Alaskans. Premier Alaska additionally hires about 125 local summer staff and drivers, chosen for their ability to enhance guests' experience of the state. For more information, visit: www.premieralaskatours.com.

Motor Coach Industries, headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, is the largest manufacturer of intercity highway coaches for the tour, charter, line-haul, scheduled service, commuter transit and conversion markets in the U.S. and Canada. The company also operates seven sales centers and eight service centers in the U.S. and Canada. Additionally, MCI is the industry's leading supplier of aftermarket parts for most makes and models.

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