Paco enters French long-distance coach market

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1. 6 Aug 2015Background

   Macron law opens long-distance coach travel in France to competition

   The Macron law, promulgated on 6 August 2015, let operators run long-distance coach routes in France, a market long protected for the railways.

2. 1 SeptBackground

   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.

3. 

   10 Nov

   Paco, a new French coach brand, wants to take on FlixBus from January

   As BlaBlaCar's coaches prepare to stop running, a French start-up called Paco has put tickets on sale for long-distance routes from Bordeaux, Marseille, Nantes and Toulouse.