FlixBus has opened a regional office in Budapest to coordinate its Hungarian, Romanian and Bulgarian operations. Since making its Hungarian debut one year ago, the German long-distance bus transport company now operates direct routes to 13 European countries. FlixBus was launched in 2013 by a group of private German investors. Currently, the company operates 200,000 routes in Europe, linking some 1,200 towns and cities in 26 countries. FlixBus reported a passenger volume of 30 million in 2016. Its target for this year is 40 million.
