The decision was undertaken in an attempt to cut carbon emissions.
“On average, the plane emits 77 times more CO2 per passenger than the train on these routes, even though the train is cheaper and the time lost is limited to 40 minutes,” the report said.
The report stated that people who will be making such short trips should also be able to make return train journeys on the same day, after having spent eight hours at their destination.
This development has now irked the aviation industry after French lawmakers have been debating on how to cut emissions from private jets.
The report states that France’s Citizens’ Convention on Climate, which was created by President Emmanuel Macron in 2019 and included 150 members of the public, had proposed scrapping plane journeys where train journeys of under four hours existed. However, this was reduced to two-and-a-half hours after facing objections from some regions, as well as the airline Air France-KLM.
First Published: May 23 2023 | 11:53 PM IST