France bans short-hauls flights to cut carbon emissions.
Climate activists had proposed scrapping plane journeys where train journeys of under four hours existed
France has banned domestic short-haul flights where train alternatives exist, in a bid to cut carbon emissions. The law came into force two years after lawmakers had voted to end routes where the same journey could be made by train in under two-and-a-half hours. The ban all but rules out air travel between Paris and cities including Nantes, Lyon and Bordeaux, while connecting flights are unaffected.Laurent Donceel, interim head of industry group Airlines for Europe , told the AFP news agency that "banning these trips will only have minimal effects" on CO2 output.Airlines around the world have been severely hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with website Flightradar24 reporting that the number of flights last year was down almost 42% from 2019.
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