While France bans domestic flights to save the planet, Britain can’t even run its trains on time Can you imagine our Prime Minister telling us that we, too, should take trains as a ‘viable alternative’ to airplanes? 💬 via ipaperviews
While France bans domestic flights to save the planet, Britain can’t even run its trains on time
This means that if you find yourself in the land of fine fromage, wonderful wines and very particular pronunciation, and fancy flying from Lyon to Paris for the weekend, you had better steer clear of Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport. Instead, you must by law take the eminently reasonable and efficient two-hour TGV .
Of course, that hasn’t stopped it irritating the businesspeople that actually work in the airline industry . However, France’s move, which is the first of its kind in the world, and will help cutAnd it should encourage some self-reflection from us in England. After France dashed our World Cup hopes, we have no choice but to let them wipe the floor with us here too.
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