INFO EUROPE 1
As we approach the start of the school year, it's time to take stock ... and to the records, for the bus companies. Travelers have never been so numerous as this summer to choose this means of transport. The two major players in the sector, FlixBus and Blablabus, have each experienced significant growth.
"There are some constraints, it's a little longer, and it's a compromise too, because I have a car," explains Jérémie Europe 1, crossed at the Bercy Seine station, in Paris, where hundreds of buses arrive and depart each day. After a few days of vacation in Paris, he returns to Tours with his two children and evokes "ecological reasons" and comfort: "we can read, take care more easily than by car. to see the country. "
25,000 people transported by Blablabus on August 15th
For Francine, on her way to Les Sables-d'Olonne, who uses FlixBus for the first time, the argument is mostly financial: "The trip by car and without motorway, round trip, 250 euros. the way out, 13 on the way back, so there's no picture ... I left at 8 am this morning, I'm going to arrive at 6 pm I spend my day on the bus, but it's worth it, money question. "
The result: a 40% increase in attendance at FlixBus this summer, which did well to increase its summer offer by 30%. For Blablabus, attendance increased by 25% in one year, peaking at 25,000 people transported on August 15th.