As part of the changes in France 2021 Climate Law, France has been given the green light to ban short haul domestic flights, the decision was announced on Friday.
According to report, the European Commission has approved the move which will abolish flights between cities that are linked by a train journey of less than 2.5 hours.
France is also cracking down on the use of private jets for short journeys in a bid to make transport greener and fairer for the population.
Transport minister Clément Beaune
said the country could no longer tolerate the super-rich using private planes
while the public are making cutbacks to deal with the energy crisis and climate
change.
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