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A comment on Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal shift from road to rail. Parent comment

Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by kristianp on Saturday October 12, 2024 @05:41PM (#41822923)
What's the method of subsidy there? Contributing to Airbus shares?
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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by echoangle on Saturday October 12, 2024 @06:15PM (#41823185)
Commercial aviation fuel is tax exempt in the EU, I would already count that as a subsidy (yes, I count not taxing something that's normally taxed as a subsidy, even if it isn't done by directly paying out money).
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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by Qwertious on Saturday October 12, 2024 @07:25PM (#41823651)
Subsidising airports and fuel, presumably.
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