Founded in 2011, Flixbus achieved significant growth in a short time and expanded its operations across Europe and the Americas. Flixbus, serving more than 2,000 routes in 29 countries; It organizes more than 350 thousand bus services per day.
Starting out with the mission of "environmental and smart travel so that everyone can discover the world", more than 100 million travelers have traveled with Flixbus since 2013. 40 million of these trips took place in 2017.
Flixbus, a technology startup, e-commerce platform and sustainable transportation network company; In a very short time, it created Europe's largest intercity bus network.
FlixBus connects more than 2,000 routes in 29 countries, and this number is growing almost daily.
With more than 350 thousand bus services departing every 30 minutes, travelers reach their destinations with Flixbus.
FlixBus has an international team of more than a thousand employees and business across Europe and the USA, from Los Angeles to Munich, Berlin, Paris, Milan and Zagreb to Stockholm, Amsterdam, Budapest, Bucharest, Madrid and Warsaw. has partners.
HISTORY OF FLIXBUS
Flixbus was founded in 2011 in Munich, Germany by Daniel Krauss, Jochen Engert and Andre Schwämmlein.
Flixbus started its first bus services in 2013 with three routes within the borders of Germany.
In January 2015, the company merged with MeinFernbus.
In May 2015, the French market was entered with the FlixBus France sub-brand, and then in August, the Italian subsidiary was launched in Milan, Italy.
In November 2015, Flixbus acquired the start-up company Liinita, serving in the field of car pooling. Also in the same month, its new subsidiary FlixBus B.V. to carry out its operations in the Netherlands. was established. In this context, bus services were launched from the Netherlands to countries such as Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Sweden and Denmark.
At the end of 2015, Flixbus reached a position that dominates 71% of the German market.
In January 2016, Flixbus announced that by establishing its FlixBus CEE subsidiary, it will start bus services in countries such as Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Slovenia and Croatia in Central and Eastern Europe.
In March 2016, the company organized its first flights to the United Kingdom and Spain.
On July 1, 2016, the company acquired Megabus Europe, a subsidiary of Stagecoach Group.
In September 2016, Flixbus announced that it would expand its operations to Scandinavian countries.
In May 2017, Flixbus Austria announced the acquisition of the Hellö Coach brand.
As of August 24, 2017, Flixbus announced that it will cooperate with the Czech train company LEO Express and undertake the train services between Berlin - Hannover - Frankfurt and Stuttgart organized by the German Locomore company.
On May 15, 2018, Flixbus publicly announced that it will continue its expansion with the United States and its epicenter will be Los Angeles. In March 2019, it started flights to Houston, San Antonio, New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Mississippi.
In April 2019, he bought the Eurolines company.
In August 2019, Flixbus announced that it had acquired Kamil Koç, a well-established company that has been providing bus transportation in Turkey since 1926.
BUSINESS MODEL OF FLIXBUS
Flixbus does not own any buses and does not employ drivers. Flixbus operates its services and bus services regionally, in cooperation with the bus companies of that country.
According to this business model, while local partners of Flixbus organize daily bus services; Flixbus managers handle trade clearances, network planning, marketing, pricing, quality management and customer service activities. Flixbus management takes a commission of 25-30% from each bus ticket issued.
DOMINATES 90 PERCENT OF THE GERMANY MARKET
Thanks to this business model, Flixbus achieved a significant growth in a short time; It dominated the European market. In 2018, Flixbus had 90 percent of the intercity bus transport market in Germany.