#France makes it official: take the high- speed train, don’t fly

France bans short haul domestic flights in favour of train travel

https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/12/02/is-france-banning-private-jets-everything-we-know-from-a-week-of-green-transport-proposals

Short-haul flights are now banned in France thanks to new law

The idea for the ban originally came from a Citizens' Assembly.

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@straphanger In 2020 the French climate assembly had recommended to abolish all flights between cities that are linked by a train journey of less than 4 hours. https://www.buergerrat.de/en/news/climate-assembly-adopts-recommendations/
Climate Assembly adopts recommendations

At their last meeting on 19-21 June 2020, the members of the French Climate Assembly "Convention Citoyenne pour le Climat" adopted 149 recommendations. They include far-reaching proposals for areas such as the economy, transport, housing, trade and other issues.