15 August 2023
France will raise taxes on airline tickets as a way to motivate more people to use the train system.
France’s Transport Minister Clément Beaune announced measures as data revealed travel by air is often cheaper than train travel.
The changes will be applied to routes between Paris and regional cities like such as Lyon, Nantes and Bordeaux.
The report compared flight and train tickets over 100 routes in Europe, which included short cross-border journeys.
Airlines for Europe slammed the move saying: “France already imposes some of the EU’s steepest flight taxes. Hiking them further will not guarantee more funding for decarbonisation.”
