ANALYSIS – Ten years after its creation, the king of long-distance coaches is operationally profitable, after suffering during the pandemic.
The co-founder and managing director of Flixbus, André Schwämmlein, in a white t-shirt and black jacket, accompanied by his financial director, Christoph Debus wearing a pair of sneakers. Behind them, the green and orange company logo, and the number 10 in large letters. He had good news to announce. Without reaching the size of Uber, Flixbus is one of the rare mobility start-ups to have become a group with an international dimension. Present in forty countries, it claims last year a turnover of more than 1.5 billion euros, against 900 million in 2019, according to estimates. Above all, its sales have taken off by 185% compared to 2021.
The proof that the Covid and its dramatic consequences for transport operators are almost ancient history. “Flixbus is in great shape. We notice…