FlixMobility is in the initial recruitment stage and is yet to determine the exact number of employees needed at each department in the expert center, Alexandra Constandache, PR manager at the company said.

"We expect to build a team of about 200 employees," Constandache said.

The hub in Sofia will complement FlixBus' existing hubs in Germany's Nuremberg and Ukraine's Kharkiv, according to the statement. FlixMobility has been active on the Bulgarian market since 2018. The company currently offers FlixBus services to several cities in Europe such as Croatia's Zagreb, Slovenia's Ljubljana, Austria's Salzburg, and Germany's Munich.

It currently operates a bus network serving more than 2,500 routes in 36 countries.