Flibco
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Founded | 2005 |
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Headquarters | Differdange, Luxembourg |
Service area | Europe |
Service type | Airport bus service |
Flibco, also known as Flibco.com or Flibtravel International, is a passenger transport company that manages short-medium distance bus lines to the airports of numerous European countries. Flibco is part of Sales-Lentz Group (SLG), which operates local public transport in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Flibco is active in Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Hungary, and Italy.
Where possible, flibco collaborates with local bus operators, as Flixbus does for example, and specializes in airport shuttle services.
The company transported 1.6 million travelers in 2018, from 13 airports in 8 countries.
The company's CEO is Tobias Stueber, who was nominated as the representative of the country of Luxembourg by joining the European Young Leaders programme Class of 2024, organized by Friends of Europe.
Germany
The company started operating bus lines to Frankfurt-Hahn Airport around 2006, around the same time that low-cost airline Ryanair began operating at this remote airport
Belgium
Brussels South Charleroi Airport
In Belgium, Flibco has launched lines to Charleroi airport, which is poorly served by local public transport. Initially, the service was only available from Brussels Midi station, but later expanded to include connections from Bruges, Ghent, Arlon, Mons, Antwerp (BE), Breda, Tilburg (NL), Lille (FR), Luxembourg (LU). [2] In 2019 it carried 25% of travelers at this airport. [3]
Since 23 June 2022, Flibco has been transporting travelers to Brussels Airport (Zaventem) from Lille, with trips during the whole day, including early morning and late-night services. During this time, other connections were also launched such as Kortrijk [4], Ghent, Antwerp (BE), Breda and Tilburg (NL). The trips are carried out by Voyages Léonard, a company also part of the Sales-Lentz group
Flibco also offers shared taxis for airport transport to Charleroi Airport and, starting from 2022, to Brussels Airport, from any address in the Brussels region.
Italy
Since 2019, Flibco has been present in the Italian market, establishing the company FlibTravel International Italy srl with its headquarters in Milan. Currently, it carries out a connection service with coaches between the Milan Central station and the Orio al Serio airport , between Malpensa and Turin, the Turin Caselle airport and Turin, and between the city of Florence and Pisa airport.
France
Flibco was chosen to digitalize and operate a bus connection between Lille center and Lille Lesquin Airport [7], one between Lille and Brussels-National airport located near Zaventem and one between Lille center and Charleroi-Brussels South airport.
Activities
- Germany: Frankfurt-Hahn,
- Italy: Bergamo-Orio al Serio, Milano-Malpensa, Turin Airport, Pisa International Airport
- France: Lille Airport
- Luxembourg: Luxembourg Airport
- Hungary: Budapest-Ferihegy
- Belgium: Brussels South Charleroi Airport e Brussels Airport