Great move. Would like to see this implemented more around Europe. There is no need for anybody to take a flight where there is a train journey that isn’t significantly longer.
For a moment I thought that was all flights under 2.5 hours which would’ve amazed me haha, but definitely makes sense for internal flights under that time. Astonished they had them in the first place to be honest!
I’ve only been to France a handful of times but getting the train there is much more of an enjoyable experience anyway, although the cost of the eurostar can be quite steep…
Getting a flight is a horrible experience for me. The only benefit is it gets you somewhere in 6 hours that would take a week in the car.
The only reason to consider it for such a short joirney is that Ryanair will do you a flight for 1/3 of what national rail will do you for a train ticket.
Yeah this is the main issue really. I remember a guy at uni used to always fly home to Newcastle from London because it was ridiculously cheap. Train was about 5 times more expensive.
Always think it’s a bit of a fallacy how quick flights get you somewhere.
There’s travel time to and from airports. Luggage check in and reclaim and being in the airport early.