Flix, the long-distance bus and rail shuttle specialist, has bought a majority proportion of airport switch platform Flibco for an undisclosed quantity.
The purchase allows Flix to make bigger into the airport-shuttle phase and boosts its presence in Ecu shuttle. It builds at the corporate’s release of airport-shuttle products and services in markets corresponding to Sweden, in addition to its long-distance bus routes serving airports.
The deal additionally permits Flibco to hurry up expansion. Flibco’s present proprietor, SLG, a consultant in public shipping, will retain a minority stake within the trade and be a strategic spouse to Flix.
“Through the years, we’ve discovered that consumers are searching for dependable and inexpensive tactics to get to and from airports—now not simply between towns,” mentioned André Schwämmlein, CEO of Flix. “This funding permits us to make bigger into the airport commute phase in a focused means. Flibco has constructed a powerful trade in a fragmented marketplace, and we see transparent possible to scale it additional by means of leveraging Flix’s platform, generation and succeed in.”
Flibco’s control group and staff will stay in position, and the corporate will proceed to function from its headquarters in Luxembourg below the management of CEO Tobias Stüber.
”The partnership with Flix marks the following milestone in Flibco’s a hit expansion tale,” mentioned Stüber. “We proportion the similar imaginative and prescient of constructing inexpensive and sustainable mobility obtainable to everybody. Via combining Flibco’s leading edge energy and operational excellence with Flix’s world community, we can make bigger into new markets quicker than ever earlier than. On the identical time, we stay dedicated to providing our passengers an absolutely virtual, comfy and dependable shuttle revel in—from reserving to arrival on the terminal.”
Flix has expanded its geographic presence lately via different acquisitions, together with U.S. long-distance bus supplier Greyhound in 2021.
Flix, the long-distance bus and rail shuttle specialist, has bought a majority proportion of airport switch platform Flibco for an undisclosed quantity.
The purchase allows Flix to make bigger into the airport-shuttle phase and boosts its presence in Ecu shuttle. It builds at the corporate’s release of airport-shuttle products and services in markets corresponding to Sweden, in addition to its long-distance bus routes serving airports.
The deal additionally permits Flibco to hurry up expansion. Flibco’s present proprietor, SLG, a consultant in public shipping, will retain a minority stake within the trade and be a strategic spouse to Flix.
“Through the years, we’ve discovered that consumers are searching for dependable and inexpensive tactics to get to and from airports—now not simply between towns,” mentioned André Schwämmlein, CEO of Flix. “This funding permits us to make bigger into the airport commute phase in a focused means. Flibco has constructed a powerful trade in a fragmented marketplace, and we see transparent possible to scale it additional by means of leveraging Flix’s platform, generation and succeed in.”
Flibco’s control group and staff will stay in position, and the corporate will proceed to function from its headquarters in Luxembourg below the management of CEO Tobias Stüber.
”The partnership with Flix marks the following milestone in Flibco’s a hit expansion tale,” mentioned Stüber. “We proportion the similar imaginative and prescient of constructing inexpensive and sustainable mobility obtainable to everybody. Via combining Flibco’s leading edge energy and operational excellence with Flix’s world community, we can make bigger into new markets quicker than ever earlier than. On the identical time, we stay dedicated to providing our passengers an absolutely virtual, comfy and dependable shuttle revel in—from reserving to arrival on the terminal.”
Flix has expanded its geographic presence lately via different acquisitions, together with U.S. long-distance bus supplier Greyhound in 2021.
