MCI celebrates award-winning customers

Scott Riccio of Northeast Charter won the BUSRide Good Stewardship Award at ABA.

Des Plaines, Illinois, USA – March 19, 2025: (TSX: NFI, OTC: NFYEF, TSX: NFI.DB) Motor Coach Industries (MCI), a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc., and North America’s motor coach leader, offering in-field technical expertise, 24/7 roadside assistance, and parts support, is proud to congratulate nine of its customers on winning prestigious awards at recent industry events.

The customers earned their honors by exhibiting excellence in one or more categories, including environmental sustainability, operational performance, safety, and strategic leadership. The major industry groups presenting the awards were the American Bus Association (ABA), International Motorcoach Group (IMG), Trailways Transportation System, Inc., and United Motorcoach Association (UMA).

“MCI is proud to see our customers recognized for their industry leadership,” said Brent Maitland, Vice President, Private Market Sales & Marketing, MCI. “It’s always great to gather as an industry and celebrate those who perform at a high-level, day in and out. Congratulations to all the award winners!”

The MCI customer award winners include the following:

• Arrow Stage Lines, who earned the IMG Safety Award for unwavering dedication to safety.
• Martz Trailways, who won a Trailways Safety Award as the most improved fleet service in the charter and tour division.
• Mosaic Global Transportation, who earned the UMA Environmental Leadership Award for their positive impact on the environment.
• Northeast Charter and Tour Company Owner, Scott Riccio, who was recognized with the BUSride Good Stewardship Award for decades of leadership and commitment to the motorcoach industry.
• OK Tours Charter Bus Service & Tours, who earned the METRO Magazine Innovative Operator Award for their creative evolution and superior performance as an operator.
• Peter Pan Bus Lines, who was named METRO’s Motorcoach Operator of the Year, for their legacy of operational excellence. PPBL’s Driver Tony Wilson was also recognized as the ABA Motorcoach Driver of the Year for his exceptional safety and performance record over many decades.
• Transportation Charter Services, who won the ABA Leadership & Environmental Sustainability Award, for their strategic vision and practices around sustainability.
• Teton Stage Lines, who took home the UMA Vision Award for their innovative practices and growth as a small fleet operator.
• VIA Trailways, who earned a Trailways Safety Award with over one million miles traveled without a safety incident.

About MCI

MCI is North America’s public and private market motorcoach leader. Products include the luxury J Series (an industry best-seller for more than two decades), the workhorse D Series, and the brand new zero-emission luxury and commuter coaches: the battery-electric J4500 CHARGE™, D45 CRT CHARGE™, and D45 CRT LE CHARGE™. MCI also provides maintenance, repair, 24-hour roadside assistance, parts, and technician training through the industry’s only Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) accredited and award-winning MCI Academy.

About NFI

Leveraging 450 years of combined experience, NFI is leading the electrification of mass mobility around the world. With zero-emission buses and coaches, infrastructure, and technology, NFI meets today’s urban demands for scalable smart mobility solutions. Together, NFI is enabling more livable cities through connected, clean, and sustainable transportation.

With over 9,000 team members in ten countries, NFI is a leading global bus manufacturer of mass mobility solutions under the brands New Flyer^® (heavy-duty transit buses), MCI^® (motorcoaches), Alexander Dennis Limited (single- and double-deck buses), Plaxton (motorcoaches), ARBOC^® (low-floor cutaway and medium-duty buses), and NFI Parts™. NFI currently offers the widest range of sustainable drive systems available, including zero-emission electric (trolley, battery, and fuel cell), natural gas, electric hybrid, and clean diesel. In total, NFI supports its installed base of over 100,000 buses and coaches around the world. NFI’s common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) under the symbol NFI and its convertible unsecured debentures trade on the TSX under the symbol NFI.DB. News and information is available at www.nfigroup.com, www.newflyer.com, www.mcicoach.com, nfi.parts, www.alexander-dennis.com, arbocsv.com, and carfaircomposites.com.

Forward-Looking Statement

This press release may contain forward-looking statements relating to expected future events and financial and operating results of NFI that involve risks and uncertainties. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon what management believes to be reasonable assumptions, investors cannot be assured that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements, and the differences may be material. Actual results may differ materially from management expectations as projected in such forward-looking statements for a variety of reasons, including market and general economic conditions and economic conditions of and funding availability for customers to purchase buses and to purchase parts or services; customers may not exercise options to purchase additional buses; the ability of customers to suspend or terminate contracts for convenience; production may be delayed or production rates may be decreased as a result of ongoing and future supply chain disruptions and shortages of parts and components, shipping and freight delays, and disruption to and shortage of labor supply; and the other risks and uncertainties discussed in the materials filed with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities and available on SEDAR at www.sedarplus.ca.  

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