By DAVE HAMRICK
Staff Writer

Business is “building slowly” for a new bus service from Peachtree City to Hartsfield International Airport, owner Stuart Hoff said this week.

“Response seems to be confirming what we originally expected, that there would be a great deal of interest in such a service,” said Hoff, president of Phoenix Star Transportation Service.

The company offers rides to the airport from 4:15 a.m. to 8 p.m. week days.

It has been slow getting started, Hoff said, because of communication problems and bureaucratic hurdles.

“We finally got clearance from security at the airport so we could get access to the areas we need to go,” he said this week.

He also is working to get word out that the service is not just for airport employees, though they have been the focus of most of the firm's marketing efforts.

“A lot of people have the feeling that it's restricted to Delta and not open to everybody, and that's not true,” he said.

Tickets are available at several local stores, with new ones being periodically added, said Hoff. Phone 678-364-1155 for ticket information.

Hoff said his next project will be to establish shuttle service to several Peachtree City industries. “I've had calls from some of the corporations in town,” he said, “and I'm working on that now.

“That's a way we can break up a lot of the traffic on [Ga. highways] 54 and 74,” he said.

Companies can set up a payroll deduction, which provides tax advantages to their employees using such a service, he said.