showing the previous iDBUS logo that was used from 2012 to 2015 iDBUS was launched on 23 July 2012 with services to Amsterdam, London, and Brussels from the original hub at
Paris-Bercy. A domestic service between Paris and
Lille was launched on 29 August 2012. A second hub was created at
Lyon-Perrache on 17 December 2012 to launch Milan and
Turin destinations. On 23 May 2013, iDBUS began operating services between
Marseille and
Nice,
Genoa and
Milan. On 28 April 2014 iDBUS launched a service from Brussels to
Amsterdam,
London and
Charles de Gaulle Airport. On 1 December 2014, iDBUS started operating into Germany, with a service from Paris to
Brussels,
Aachen and
Cologne. From 15 June 2015 iDBUS expanded further in the
Benelux region, with Rotterdam and Antwerp added to the network. On the same date, a London to
Lyon route started. showing the previous Ouibus logo that was used from 2015 to 2018 On 3 September 2015, iDBUS was rebranded Ouibus. In July 2016, the Starshipper business was purchased. In February 2018, Ouibus entered a partnership with
ALSA and
National Express. In November 2018, it was announced the business would be purchased by
BlaBlaCar. Entering the German market in 2020, BlaBlaCar Bus became the first major competitor of
FlixBus since that company had achieved a nigh-monopoly in the German long-distance bus market through market consolidation, mergers and acquisition of competitors. == Accident ==