Once again, the green and orange buses will return to the garage.
The confinement extended to the whole of France, FlixBus France will suspend its service on April 6.
This umpteenth shutdown due to the pandemic does not discourage Andre Schwämmlein, co-founder and CEO of this start-up: "
We anticipate a resumption of our activity in the second half of the year
almost
everywhere in the 35 countries where we operate
," says this 39-year-old German.
In the United States, which is two months ahead of Europe for the Covid vaccination, our bus traffic is increasing every week by 25 to 30%.
"
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The health crisis hit hard this company which made its first laps in 2013 with bus lines in Bavaria.
"
In 2020, we carried less than 30 million passengers, against 62 million in 2019 where we were profitable for our activities in Europe,
" admits the former strategy consultant, who does not want to say more about the financial results.
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