Flibco, operated by Sales-Lentz, announced that its new service to Frankfurt Main Airport will launch on March 25, in partnership with the German coach company Bohr Omnibusse.
The line is an extension of its current run that begins in Metz, running through Luxembourg’s main train station, Trier and currently ending at Frankfurt Hahn, the area’s budget carrier airport. Starting Sunday, passengers will be able to continue on to Frankfurt Main. The trip involves changing buses, but only requires a single ticket. The company says total travel time will be about three and half hours, including the stopover at Frankfurt Hahn, where passengers will receive a coupon for a free coffee while they wait. Service begins with eight daily roundtrips, and the firm says it has fares available starting at five euro.
The announcement was a riposte of sorts to archrival Voyages Emile Weber, the Luxembourg travel and transport firm that started service to Frankfurt Main on March 20, in partnership with Trier’s municipally-owned transport firm.
That line, called DeLux-Express, offers departures from the Gare Centrale and Kirchberg eight times per day. The journey takes about four hours between Luxembourg’s main train station and Germany’s largest airport.
The route goes through Trier, Birkenfeld, Kaiserslautern and Mainz, before reaching the airport and then heading into the city centre and Frankfurt’s main train station. However, the service cannot take passengers between Luxembourg and Trier, as it does not have permits for “local traffic,” the company says.
Tickets between Luxembourg and Frankfurt will run 35 euro for adults and €17.50 for children 14 and under. To promote the launch DeLux-Express says it will offer 20 tickets on each bus run between until April 6 for five euro.
www.delux-express.de (in German)