Flixbus wants a 49-euro ticket – and demands a double-digit million amount
Created: 10/18/2022 17:06
By: Patricia Huber
The 9-euro ticket cost the long-distance bus company Flixbus many customers in the summer, who therefore preferred to switch to public transport.
Now the company would like to benefit from the 49-euro ticket.
Munich – With the nine-euro ticket, bus and train travel was cheaper than ever last summer.
The savings ticket for local public transport (ÖPNV) was so well received by consumers that a successor model is already in the starting blocks.
It won't be as cheap as it was in the three months of the relief package, but it will be cheap enough to make public transport a little more attractive.
Flixbus wants the 49-euro ticket – but is aiming for “no additional business”.
Then it should be possible to use local transport for only 49 euros.
A certain company might not like that very much.
The bus and train company Flix was already suffering from the nine-euro ticket, reports
Der Spiegel
.
Because many prefer to use the cheaper regional trains with the saver ticket than the more expensive long-distance buses from Flixbus.
In order not to lose customers again with the 49-euro ticket, Flixbus would now like to be included in the offer.
When it comes to remuneration, Flixbus boss André Schwämmlein imagines a sum in the small to medium double-digit million euro range, he says to
Spiegel
.
But he also makes it clear: "We are not aiming for any additional business with the participation." He considers his claim to be a "manageable amount".
Flixbus in the 49-euro ticket would “offer people in rural areas great added value”
Schwämmlein also argued to the
FAZ
that Flixbus closes the gaps between long-distance and local transport in many federal states – especially in Bavaria.
"Long-distance buses, which are already the most environmentally friendly means of transport, would offer great added value, especially to people in rural areas, as part of the new offer - at a fraction of the total costs," he explains to the newspaper.
He considers the 49-euro ticket to be incomplete without long-distance buses.
It should be noted, however, that the 49-euro ticket is again a ticket that is only valid for local transport.
This is intended to relieve commuters and frequent drivers in particular.
Long-distance journeys with the ICE or EC should not be included here, as with the nine-euro ticket.
This would exclude the inclusion of Flixbus in the 49-euro ticket anyway.
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