[1][2] Scania and Lahden Autokori had since 2001 collaborated on the low-entry city bus Lahti Scala,[3] built on L94UB and later K UB chassis.

A pre-production batch was manufactured for demonstrators and selected customers in Finland and Sweden, with normal production beginning in late 2007.

[3] A few weeks later, in September, Lahden Autokori declared bankruptcy, which led to uncertainty for future production of Scanias in Finland.

In the first years, the OmniExpress more or less took over the market share that the Irizar Century had, and most customers were those that had preferred Scania for a while, including Jotunheimen og Valdresruten Bilselskap, Firda Billag, Fjord1 and some subsidiaries of Nettbuss.

Telemark Bilruter became the first Norwegian customer to get the OmniExpress 3.20, receiving one 11.0-metre for school services and two 13.0-metre buses for local routes in November 2011.

In August 2013, Boreal Transport received a total of 61 new OmniExpress for regional routes in Sør-Trøndelag,[8] consisting of 27 12.9-metre two-axle 3.20 and 34 tri-axle 3.40 at 13.7-, 14.2- and 14.9-metre lengths.

15 13.0-metre 3.20 LE, four 11.0-metre 3.20, five 12.5-metre 3.40 and twelve 14.9-metre tri-axle 3.40 were delivered to companies Setesdal Bilruter and Agder Buss for newyear 2015, for their new PSO contracts in Aust-Agder.