France bans short haul domestic flights in favour of train travel

Re:France bans short haul domestic flights in favour of trai... by qeternity on Sunday December 04, 2022 @07:48AM (#33853217)

Competition, and the subsidies are the other way around: many train companies receive them, and most airlines don't.

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Re:France bans short haul domestic flights in favour of trai... by throwaway049 on Sunday December 04, 2022 @08:33AM (#33853560)

I'd argue that not pricing in the negative externalities of flying amounts to a subsidy.

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Re:France bans short haul domestic flights in favour of trai... by qeternity on Sunday December 04, 2022 @01:24PM (#33856183)

I’d agree with you except that EU airlines have to participate in the cap and trade system (ETS), whereas trains do not.

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