The $20 million Essential Transport Connectivity package is a fund for transport firms which provide essential services that could fail without government help. "This is for a fixed period [of a few months] really to help InterCity get back and rebuild their services. Twyford would not say how much money InterCity would receive citing commercial sensitivity. The chief executive for Entrada Travel, which owns InterCity, said the company was extremely grateful for the government's help. InterCity usually carries about 1.5m passengers a year on more than 100 daily services to more than 600 destinations nationwide.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 02, 2020 20:37 UTC