“Our goal is 1,000 buses end of 2015,” CEO Torben Greve said Friday in Berlin. Currently, the two enterprises in their mid-partners 560 buses under contract. After a total of 10.7 million passengers last year, the companies will this year take 18 to 20 million people.
There should be more connections in medium-sized cities such as Osnabrück, Bayreuth and Offenburg, denser bars and night buses on main lines, more trips to the North and Baltic Sea and express rides without stops, so the residue to the most rapid path decreases.
Europe wide range
The new objectives are abroad, such as in Paris , Brussels, Venice and Verona. “The goal is to have a Europe-wide selection in a few years,” Greve said. In Germany, the merged entity previously for three-quarters of the offer.
However, the planned expansion depends very much on whether there are still bus driver and stopping places. “The driver shortage is felt in the market,” said Managing Director Panya Putsathit. You must provide an “on the accelerator” to entice riders of city buses. Is necessary that the cities expand the overloaded bus stations. Important stations such as Berlin were too small.
parent company in Munich
“We have passed since the date on which we proclaimed it a company,” said CEO André Schwämmlein. This is the simple structure but not both companies remain each made as a limited company, but are intertwined. Each of the five Managing Director is also in each other’s company. The FlixBus GmbH in Munich, acts as the holding company of the construct. The position of Berlin as previous MeinFernbus Office is preserved.
The founders remain the largest shareholder, number two is the investment company General Atlantic. How much money they put into the two companies remained open on Friday. Money also comes from the FlixBus-shareholders Holtzbrinck Ventures and UnternehmerTUM, founder center at the TU Munich. In Germany, both corporate name should be on the buses abroad FlixBus.
Also German Post wants to expand Offer
Nationwide there are, according to the Berlin IGES Institute 261 long-distance bus, one year ago it was therefore 143. The UK supplier megabus.com threw the authorities on Friday before delaying permits and so stop its expansion into Germany.
The German Post has announced that they are extending their Postbus deal. A company spokesman confirmed a report in the “Rheinische Post”. Rounded off with’ll hotel deals, long distance travel and especially Vacation Package Included Postbus and hotel, said Achim Post Manager Dünnwald for the German mail and business mobility competent Divisional Board, the newspaper. The new offering Post Travel Off on 12 January. At the same time the post would expand its remote bus network. “We have new routes announced,” Dünnwald told the newspaper. “Just to more countries, we want to increase our reach and break more frequently within Germany the buses.”
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