BlaBlaCar announces it will end its own BlaBlaCar Bus coach service
BlaBlaCar said it would stop running its loss-making BlaBlaCar Bus coaches and keep only a marketplace for independent coach operators.
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BlaBlaCar, the French carpooling company, announced that it would end BlaBlaCar Bus, the long-distance coach service it ran under its own brand in France. The company cited persistent operating losses and structural economic difficulties in the intercity coach business, where FlixBus dominates and prices are low.
Under the new model, BlaBlaCar stopped operating coaches itself. Coach journeys remain on its app and website, but the lines are run by independent coach operators at their own commercial risk, with BlaBlaCar acting as a booking marketplace. The own-brand service was due to stop in early January 2027.
The decision mattered because it left a gap in the French long-distance coach market, which opened to competition after the 2015 "Macron law" liberalising coach travel. It also prompted former BlaBlaCar Bus staff to plan a successor brand, Paco, which would again rely on partner coach companies and compete with FlixBus.
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