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Re:French lawmakers approve a ban on short domestic flights by plantain on Sunday April 11, 2021 @05:45PM (#26773741)
Flights don't pay VAT, for some unfathomably baffling reason. Train tickets do.

It's not just a market failure, it's been engineered this way.

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Re:French lawmakers approve a ban on short domestic flights by killtimeatwork on Monday April 12, 2021 @06:14AM (#26777788)
Depends on the country? Domestic flights in Poland are taxed at 8% VAT. International flights are at 0% VAT.
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