A few days ago gave the two market leaders MeinFernbus and Flixbus announced their merger. In Focus online interview, Flixbus CEO Jochen Engert, what does this mean for customers -. In prices, service, timetables
If you hit Flixbus- founder Jochen Engert to the conversation, does not arise immediately the impression that he is the boss of over 200 employees. Much more he embodies still feel the former startups, now without the larger new partner MeinFernbus about 20 percent of Fernbusmarktes accounts.
“I can certainly imagine that we already in the spring can offer trips from Berlin to Munich and Frankfurt without intermediate stops, “says Engert. So far, cause annoying stopovers in smaller towns to much longer journey times.
How often then take the express bus, white Engert itself not exactly, because everything must even now with his business partner MeinFernbus be denied. But one thing is certain for him already “. For customers, it will only bring benefits”
What will change for customers
Those who initially believed the swallow a provider in the fusion other is mistaken. Both Flixbus including MeinFernbus be their online portals maintained in the future.
And for the used buses, whose number is expected to increase significantly, both are logos resplendent. Only the color should be always green.
Hamburg – Berlin in 30-minute intervals
“I reche so that we for connecting Hamburg – Berlin soon can control the 30-minute intervals ,” says Flixbus boss Engert. . Then more buses would soon go as trains between the two cities
In addition, wants the new bus alliance frequent Cross Border offer: directly to northern Italy and thus to Milan and in the longer term to Paris
And. While the German train their night train offering increasingly reduced, MeinFernbus and Flixbus think about it, more night driving to set up. For example, long-distance between Hamburg and Munich, but also abroad.
accommodating for delays
Flixbus Manager Engert says that by the merger would be no redundancies. On The Contrary. “We will, if we expand our network further, you can create up to 200 new jobs.” The number of bus driver who come from medium-sized bus company could then increase from 4000 up to 6000.
with significant bus delays the newly created market giant wants to continue to show more accommodating, which by law be only a right of complaint arises when the bus has more than two hours late at the destination.
The ticket costs will People are now reimbursed promptly and at lower delays could then also ride coupons type
Video:. These rules apply in the remote bus
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