The French government published a decree Tuesday that banned domestic commercial airline flights for journeys possible in less than two-and-a-half hours by train.
Critics have noted the cutoff point for comparable train journeys is shy of the roughly three hours it takes to travel from Paris to Mediterranean port city Marseille by high-speed rail., the move was first flagged last December when the French government praised itself as a green “pioneer” after it got permission from the European Union to ban domestic short-haul flights.
Transport Minister Clement Beaune has expressed pride at France’s move to shut down internal airline travel on routes of less than 2.5 hours The framework used by France to ban the first three routes are also available to the governments of all E.U. members, so more may follow across the continent in time, as reported by Breitbart London.
The French ban on domestic commercial short-haul flights will be valid for three years after which it will be re-assessed.Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:
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