The handover ceremony of 68 Yutong double deckers from the Macedonian Ministry of Transport and Communications to the Capital Public Transport Company was held in Skopje, capital city of Macedonia, on September 6, 2011. The prime minister of Macedonia, Minister of Transport and Communications and mayor of Skopje were present at the ceremony.  

Yutong double decker fleet

The website of the local media covered the event. The following words are the excerpt translated from the web page of kanal5.com.mk:

Double deckers arrived in Skopje

The new double-decker buses arrived in Skopje. A total of 68 units were launched at noon today. Designed in a retro style, the double deckers returned to the streets of Skopje after five decades.

It is learned that the new buses are more economical and less polluting to the environment.

"The new buses will improve the quality of life for the citizens of Skopje. The citizens will be driven not by needs but by what they want, "said Kotze Trajanovski, mayor of Skopje.

                                                            Mayor of Skopje delivers a speech

It is the combination of traditional appearance and modern technology. This is the new face of two-storey buses.

"Citizens will use new buses and everyone noticed the change. Slowly but surely begin we that change, "said Mile Janakieski, Minister of Transport and Communications.

Minister of Transport and Communications delivers a speech

"Skopje has had the oldest fleet, but now the buses in front of use are writing a new page of history," said Nikola Gruevski, Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia.

Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia delivers a speech

These two-storey buses are purchased from China’s Yutong Company. … 50% of the fleet of JSP is replaced with new buses.

Webpage of kanal5.com.mk