we offer, the prices we offer, the way we market the product, the brand behind it, the technology that, that make the product successful in the marketplace. and andre, i m wondering, certainly nowadays, are younger people more likely to get a bus than a plane? what definitely happened over the ten years that flix has been active in this space in europe and in the us, in turkey and in brazil, the bus became a better option to travel. so, 15 years ago, most likely you would not have allowed your daughter to take a bus from london to paris. today, if i go to university, the majority, 90% plus have used a flix bus and consider it for their future travel, so i think we shape the future of the industry in a positive way, and therefore the bus is on the way of taking its natural place in mobility. so, we have to provide something for society, and we are part of the solution. but are we already in a state where people shift, especially from planes, especially
for environment of reasons, towards something which is more environmentally friendly, be it buses or trains? then i would say, to a very limited extent. people are aware of the problem of flying, around the c02 emissions and climate change. do they completely act according to that and then rather sit on the bus? i don t see that on a big scale yet. i hope for a change over the next couple of years. but at the moment it is not visible. people like that if they take the bus there is very little co2 emissions and it is eco friendly, but it is not the main reason why they pick it. how much more environmentally sensitive are you than your rivals? for example, your website talks about a bus with solar panels that runs from dortmund in germany to london, but let s be frank, that is just one bus. and you know this, andre, critics will say that that is just green washing.
we know that climate change is coming and we have to do something, and we have to get to real net zero and we have to change the way we live. and our claim would be, we don t need to forbid people to travel. we need to enable them to travel in an environmentally friendly way, and already today, if you sit in a bus compared to your car or even a plane, you are doing something good for the environment because our co2 emissions are lower than even in some countries trains. we are on a high level with trains. so today it is already good to travel on a flix bus. but that is the more important part, we are really doing a lot of work towards net zero. real net zero. so it is not enough for us to be environmentally very good, but we have to get to net zero, and all the things you can read about electric buses, hydrogen buses we have invested in, not only pilot project but also research and investing money and resources into that. we believe and we know there is a path to net zero for our indus
andre, do you have business passengers? i m just wondering if you could really replace flights for those customers. we are definitely this is. if you look at our customer base, essentially, i would say, we want to cater to the whole population but not for every use case. the business customer might use one of our services that go to an airport and maybe even if you live in zurich and you are a well off banker, you might not consider travelling a flix bus to go to milan. but if you want to go to munich airport, it might be the best solution, because we are faster than a train, orfaster than a plane, because of the travel times to the airport and so on. so, the broad use case is not business travel, but i want to be attractive for even the people that mainly travel in business. but this is definitely a room for us to improve our product further, think about new creative ideas to tailor our network and it is also
and our claim would be, we don t need to forbid people to travel, we need to enable them to travel in an environmentally friendly way, and to date if you stick in a bus compared to your car or even a plane, you are doing something good for the environment because our co2 emissions are lower than even in some countries trains, we are on a high level with trains. so today it is already good to travel on a flix bus. but that is the most important part, we are really doing a lot of work towards net zero. real net zero. so it is not enough for us to be environmentally very good, but we have to get to net zero, and all the things you can read about electric buses, hydrogen buses, we have invested in, not only pilot project but also research and investing money and resources into that. we believe and we know there is a path to net zero for our industry. andre, do you have business passengers? i m just wondering if you could really replace flights for those customers. if you look at our custom