HN: Czechia’s transport provider RegioJet looking for strategic investor

RegioJet owner Radim Jančura is looking for a strategic investor for his company, the daily Hospodářské Noviny reported on Thursday. The paper writes that major state railway companies from France (SNCF), Austria (ÖBB) and Italy (FS Italiane Group), as well as the German bus travel company Flixbus, are all interested in purchasing the Czech company. According to an investment banker who the paper cited saying that he has been acquainted with the possible transaction, negotiations are already at an advanced stage.

RegioJet is a major provider of passenger rail and bus transport in Czechia with its trains and busses transporting millions of clients to destinations across Europe annually.