Berlin (APA / AFP) – Given the massive price war on the German Fernbusmarkt the first vendor withdraws. The remote bus suppliers City2City will cease operation on 14 October, a company spokesman confirmed on Tuesday an online report of the “Berliner Zeitung”. Reason is the “prevailing price structure.”
By 13 October, the service will still exist in full, the company said. Passengers who have already bought a ticket for a future trip would be notified and given the fare refunded.
City2City have a “offered to passengers popular service,” but “we are under current market conditions in Germany not sufficient to grow in the situation, and develop a sustainable business, “the company said. “We believe that we are the first, but certainly not the last company that will cease operations.” Other market observers are of the view that the current ticket prices for long-distance buses are not sustainable. The market conditions in Germany it is not allowed to establish a profitable business model.
City2City is a subsidiary of the British Buskonzerns National Express and according to the Federal Association of German bus operators (BDO) European market leader for long distance buses. In Germany but City2City belong rather to the smaller providers, BDO said a spokesman.
The German Fernbusmarkt was liberalized on 1 January 2013. Since then, private providers may offer scheduled flights between cities throughout Germany. Previously remote busses were allowed to be used on routes where they did not compete with the railway. Meanwhile, around 40 vendors in the market.
Even after Austria prefers the German bus company now. Since the summer, the German market leader MeinFernbus and its rival offer FlixBus routes between Austria and Germany. City2City does not go to Austria.
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