BlaBlacar held up better than its competitors last year.
In an interview with
Le Parisien
this Sunday, its general manager Nicolas Brusson, assures that his carpooling company saw its activity fall by 30% last year in all 22 countries, "
where most carriers have lost 50 % to 60% of their customers
”.
In France, the decline is "
between - 20% and - 25%
", he adds.
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Nicolas Brusson even claims to have gained market share during this pandemic, which allows him to say that for Blablacar, “
2020 is clearly not a horrible year
”.
The resistance of carpooling is explained by the desire of travelers to avoid public transport.
"
Rather than crossing a station concourse and getting on a train, many prefer to sit in a car,
" explains the group's co-founder.
For the rest, Blablacar wants to be optimistic: "
we expect travel to resume between April and June,
" said Nicolas Brusson.
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