“More passengers are using our trains, so we are investing heavily in the development of our fleet,” says Mr Petr Kohoutek, the CFO of Regiojet parent company Student Agency Holding. “Occupancy of our trains has been growing, and our trains have become the first choice for customers on the lines from Prague to Brno, Bratislava and Vienna. Therefore, we are currently preparing the acquisition of up to 100 more cars, so that we can further increase our capacity.
“Thanks to the increase in the number of passengers, we also expect an increase of our profit this year by millions of euros.”
Regiojet announced on June 18 that it had completed a €36m bond issue on the Prague Stock Exchange, which it says will be used to expand its fleet capacities and support further growth.
Regiojet has already begun to fulfil its investment plans for the acquisition of additional vehicles, including purchasing 18 couchette cars from German Rail (DB), which it intends to use to strengthen its busy night trains on the Prague - Kosice route to 18 cars per train with capacity for up to 1000 passenger per service.
To operate longer trains, Regiojet has also purchased an additional Siemens Vectron locomotive, which is necessary to haul the heavy trains through the High Tatra mountain range in Slovakia.
