Originally Posted by
D7666
Be interesting if similar criteria is imposed on BA - should they receive a gov dot uk bale out - as been imposed on Air France w.r.t. short domestic flights:
https://www.railjournal.com/passenge...ail-in-france/
That would surely kill LHR to both MAN and LBA, and even NCL GLA and EDI if the French 1 h 15 min flight became a UK 1 h 30 m.
And UK+FR for example and/or other lands acting together could kill off LHR CDG / BRU, and so on. in favour of channel tunnel - in terms of flight time, if 1 h 30 m were set.
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Nick
Of course France has the benefit of a large high speed rail system which had already eaten into domestic air services. That said Virgin's high frequency timetable was said to have done the same for Manchester - with the exception of those using Man-LHR to connect to other flights.
Also, I seem to recall that France has ducked, dived and evaded the EU's railway liberalisation rules. With these in mind, I think that Air France were themselves proposing to run trains between Paris, Paris CDG, Lyon and the south, but
AFAIK this came to nothing.