{"id":107669,"date":"2021-03-31T15:57:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T13:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=107669"},"modified":"2022-10-17T16:35:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T14:35:51","slug":"thalys-2020-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/thalys-2020-review","title":{"rendered":"2020 review: Thalys makes slow but determined progress towards its 25th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A decline of <strong>70%<\/strong> The impact of the health crisis on the 2020 financial year of <strong>Thalys<\/strong>In terms of both sales (165.6 million euros) and passengers carried (2.5 million), this was a very strong performance compared with the previous year.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>the city centre-to-city journey, the very low environmental impact of our activity and our recognised quality of service will be reasons for our customers to prefer the train<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite this poor annual result, Thalys management intends to show resilience, thanks in particular to the conviction that the positioning of the rail company promises a much brighter future. \" <em>We remain convinced of the significant potential for growth and development of international high-speed rail transport in Europe.<\/em> \"says Bertrand Gosselin. The CEO of Thalys adds: \" <em>our teams remain convinced that city-centre to city-centre travel, the very low impact of our activity on the environment and our recognised quality of service will be reasons for our customers to prefer the train.<\/em> \". Bertrand Gosselin reminds us that \" <em>In fact, 2021 has been designated the \"European Year of Rail\". This proves that the train still has a bright future ahead of it, as it is recognised as a reliable and environmentally-friendly mode of transport.<\/em> \".<\/p>\n    <style>\n        div.link-block {\n            margin: 1em;\n            margin-left: 2px;\n            font-weight: bold;\n            padding: 1em;\n            position: relative;\n            border-top: 1px solid #cecece;\n            border-bottom: 1px solid #cecece;\n            font-size: 1.15rem;\n        } \n        div.link-block::before {\n            display: block;\n            content: '';\n            position: absolute;\n            top: 0.5em;\n            bottom: 0.5em;\n            left: -2px;\n            background-color: #a91c2c;\n            border-radius: 2.5px;\n            width: 5px;\n        }\n        div.link-block > a {\n            text-decoration: none;\n            border-bottom: none;\n            color: black;\n            font-family: 'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;\n        }\n        div.link-block > a:hover {\n            text-decoration: underline;\n            border-bottom: none;\n            color: black;\n        }\n        @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {\n            div.link-block {\n                padding: 0.7em;\n            }\n        }\n    <\/style>\n    <div class=\"link-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/interview-bertrand-gosselin-thalys\">Read also: Interview : Bertrand Gosselin, CEO of Thalys<\/a><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_107675\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107675\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-107675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thalys-2021.jpg\" alt=\"Nicolas Petteau Twitter\" width=\"700\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thalys-2021.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thalys-2021-300x276-derived.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-107675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicolas Petteau, Deputy Director of Communications and Public Relations at Thalys, recently unveiled images of the new trains ordered by the company.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So Thalys is already busy preparing for the future, with the symbolic milestone of <strong>25 years of the railway company<\/strong>scheduled for June. An anniversary that will see the carrier purchase new trains. But until then, Thalys will have to hope for outside support. The company's management predicts that its cash position will be in the red from April onwards, and is therefore launching an unprecedented appeal: \"In 2021, we will still be making a loss and, for the first time in our history, we will have to call on external financing\", says Bertrand Gosselin.<\/p>\n    <style>\n        div.link-block {\n            margin: 1em;\n            margin-left: 2px;\n            font-weight: bold;\n            padding: 1em;\n            position: relative;\n            border-top: 1px solid #cecece;\n            border-bottom: 1px solid #cecece;\n            font-size: 1.15rem;\n        } \n        div.link-block::before {\n            display: block;\n            content: '';\n            position: absolute;\n            top: 0.5em;\n            bottom: 0.5em;\n            left: -2px;\n            background-color: #a91c2c;\n            border-radius: 2.5px;\n            width: 5px;\n        }\n        div.link-block > a {\n            text-decoration: none;\n            border-bottom: none;\n            color: black;\n            font-family: 'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;\n        }\n        div.link-block > a:hover {\n            text-decoration: underline;\n            border-bottom: none;\n            color: black;\n        }\n        @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {\n            div.link-block {\n                padding: 0.7em;\n            }\n        }\n    <\/style>\n    <div class=\"link-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/thalys-izy-cest-fini\">Read also: Thalys: Izy is finished<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thalys has just published its results for 2020, which have been heavily impacted by the health crisis. 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