Also this argument from Schwämmlein (boss of FlixBus) that #49EuroTicket #Deutschlandticket will result in 20% fewer Flix services *and regions being cut off* must surely be rubbish - because if people in a region can switch from Flix thanks to the new ticket (and hence Flix is unprofitable) it means there must be alternatives in the 49 Euro Ticket system people can use.
This isn’t about people being cut off. This is Flix defending its bottom line.
@jon Not sure if it's still the case, but he used to sit on the German Green's Mobility Council, afaik. Thought I noticed his handwriting when the party started to promote the breaking up of Deutsche Bahn, which is mainly dysfunctional because of being kicked around for many decades by politics, not because of too little competition. And here I thought neo-liberalism ("the market will fix it") was only for the FDP...
