The increase in supply during Easter will reach 25% nationally, with the debut of two new lines to Tondela and Fundão. Beyond the border, connections will increase by 70% to Spain and 65% to France.
Flixbus will increase the supply of long-distance buses by 25% during the Easter festive period for the entire country.
See you next week and to respond to the increase in the number of Portuguese people traveling by bus, as concluded by the German company itself in a statement sent this Wednesday, March 27th, on the connection between Lisbon and Porto alone, Flixbus will offer 124 daily trips, as it is the most sought after line at this time, they say.
In third place on the list of most popular destinations, according to the operator, is the Algarve, where they will expand the offer by 40% to destinations such as Lagos, Portimão, Faro and Albufeira.
Still on a national level, Flixbus debuted two new lines at the beginning of this week: from Lisbon and Viseu to Tondela and Fundão to Guarda or to the capital.
Across borders, the passenger carrier will increase supply by 65% to France, with the cities of Paris, Marseille and Bordeaux being the most popular during Easter. At the neighboring country, where supply will increase by 70%, The best-selling trips are to Vigo, Seville, Madrid and Salamanca.
The company also complains about the difficulty in accessing some terminals, “such as Coimbra or Faro, where FlixBus passengers do not have the minimum comfort or safety conditions”, contested the general director of FlixBus for Portugal and Spain, Pablo Pastega (in the photo) in the statement.
Flixbus, which has been operating in Portugal since 2017, had more than 81 million passengers last year, which made the operator’s owner’s revenue grow 34% compared to 2022 to two billion euros.
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