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France Bans Short Haul Domestic Flights in Favour of Train Travel

posted by janrinok on Sunday December 11 2022, @05:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the walking-will-be-mandatory-soon dept.

hubie writes:

It's official: France bans short haul domestic flights in favour of train travel:

France has been given the green light to ban short haul domestic flights.

The European Commission has approved the move which will abolish flights between cities that are linked by a train journey of less than 2.5 hours.

[...] France is also cracking down on the use of private jets for short journeys in a bid to make transport greener and fairer for the population.

Transport minister Clément Beaune said the country could no longer tolerate the super rich using private planes while the public are making cutbacks to deal with the energy crisis and climate change.

[...] The ban on short-haul flights will be valid for three years, after which it must be reassessed by the Commission.

"[This] is a major step forward in the policy of reducing greenhouse gas emissions," transport minister Beaune said in a press release.

[...] Sarah Fayolle, Greenpeace France transport campaign manager, told Euronews that there were both "negative and positive aspects" to the European Commission's decision given that only three routes are affected.

"It's going in the right direction, but the initial measure is one that's (not very) ambitious. We must go even further," she said.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Mykl on Monday December 12 2022, @04:19AM (2 children)

    by Mykl (1112) on Monday December 12 2022, @04:19AM (#1282087)

    A couple of comprehension fails:

    Flying from Paris to Nice (a common route) will take 1h30 mins by plane. Doing the same trip by public transport will take you 10h15 mins, with 4 changeovers and walking with luggage (and this is assuming no delays or waiting for the trains/buses to arrive, and no strikes).

    The ban is on flights where the train journey is less than 2.5 hours. You'll still be able to fly from Paris to Nice.

    So this doesn't even hurt the rich, they can jet on down to the southern coast in under 2 hours just as before

    Correct, but only because of the point raised above.

    They fly on private airplanes, which are actually exempt from this rule

    TFS specifically says that private jets are not exempt from this rule. Where did you get that?

    You are right that someone could use an international leg in a journey to get around the requirement, but given that this only applies to destinations that are within 2.5 hours by train the layover would quickly eliminate any benefit.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 12 2022, @07:44AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 12 2022, @07:44AM (#1282101)

    Some dude named "Bogard" has all the mod points, or I'd give you +1 informative.