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Melissa and Peter A. Picknelly (far left and right) with fourth-generation company leaders Lauryn Picknelly- DuBois, Alyssa Picknelly-Dube, and Peter B. Picknelly. (Staff Photo)
BY JOSEPH BEDNAR
our service.”
There’s a bit of edge in his voice as he brings up
topics like shutting down travel, and then restrictions like social distancing that accompanied its gradual return.
“But we survived, and we’re thriving now. We’ve invested $25 million in new equipment in the last couple of years. We’re modernizing our fleet, which
is what our consumer wants; they want a nice, clean, modern bus. And we’re continuing to expand our route structure,” he said, noting that Peter Pan serves about 100 locations in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states.
Staying True to Their Routes
Peter Pan Rolls into Its Fourth Generation
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he past five years have brought a raft of
“I grew up going to school and trying to better myself so I could then come into the business. That’s what I always wanted to do.”
challeges to the world of tourism and transportation.
The biggest one? Survival.
“The worldwide pandemic was tough on our industry, and many other industries,” Peter A.
Picknelly, chairman and CEO of Peter Pan Bus Lines, told BusinessWest. “For three years, we had the gov- ernment using our tax dollars to tell people not to use
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