However, this route caused tremendous financial losses due to low demand for bus services on Lantau Island and competition from illegally operated vehicles, leading to the retreat of KMB from the island on 1 November 1965.

Currently, however, most routes terminate at Tung Chung, where land-based public transport connection to the urban area and Hong Kong International Airport are available.

It continues to be the only bus company serving the southern part of the Island, carrying an average of 25,000 passengers daily in 2002.

Most of the routes terminate at Mui Wo and Tung Chung, where there are ferries and MTR to connect to other parts of the territory.

In 2007, the Hong Kong–Shenzhen Western Corridor opened, providing a fourth road border crossing with mainland China.

NLB won the right to operate a cross-border bus route B2, which runs from Yuen Long MTR station to the border checkpoint at Deep Bay.