Re:Europe is investing heavily in trains
by cinntaile on Monday April 11, 2022 @04:58PM
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I bet this keeps a lot of national airlines afloat and they're already barely afloat, if they start taxing kerosene they'll require even more subsidies from their governments.
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Re:Europe is investing heavily in trains
by thomasahle on Monday April 11, 2022 @07:15PM
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The point was that if train was cheaper than flying OP would fly less. Of course that means we'd have fewer airlines.
That wasn't really the point. He was surprised that this tax-free situation is not addressed and I just gave a (of many) reason why they might not want to change that.
I think your new point is optimistic at best. You would have to switch trains quite often and the time it takes would probably weigh heavier than the price. Especially between EU countries, within country flying is not really that big in EU.
Re:Europe is investing heavily in trains
by thomasahle on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @12:57PM
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I meant this
> I love trains and take them over airplane when it's an option. However, trains are often around twice as expensive as flying for may routes.
But I agree that switching trains is also an issue.