Service is set to start November 16 with six daily trips in each direction using 22-seat, compressed-natural gas buses owned by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA). The fare for the one-way, 50-mile trip will be $25 for adults. To attract family ridership, up to two students in grades eight and under may ride free with each paying adult. Students must show school identification card or other proof of age. All children under five years old ride free. Passengers must pay the bus driver upon boarding with a debit or credit card. Cash will not be accepted.

Irvine Station, located at 15215 Barranca Parkway, will have 500 surface parking spaces, where FlyAway® passengers can park for free for up to 30 days.

Daily departures from Irvine Station are scheduled at 4:45 a.m., 6:45 a.m., 8:45 a.m., 10:45 a.m., 12:45 p.m., and 4:45 p.m. Riders to LAX will be dropped off at each terminal on the Upper/Departures Level. Bus service from LAX terminals to Irvine will operate at 9:45 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 3:45 p.m., 5:45 p.m., 7:45 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Riders from LAX will board buses on the Lower/Arrivals Level in front of each terminal under green signs marked “FlyAway, Buses and Long Distance Vans.”

Kudos to LAWA for using travel writer Rudy Maxa in its radio spots. I don't know what Maxa adds to the radio spots, but I miss Spy magazine....