France bans domestic flights curtos

France's Official Gazette published the measure, provided for by the Climate Law of August 22, 2021, but which was suspended while the European Commission analyzed an appeal from the airline sector.

The ban, which does not affect connecting flights, applies to routes between the same cities as the flights and which allow the presence of more than eight hours a day at the destination.

In practice, the flights that meet the decree's requirements are those that connect Paris to medium-sized cities, such as Nantes (west), Lyon (east) or Bordeaux (southwest).

The law has already been applied in practice because the government forced Air France to give up flights in exchange for financial aid in May 2020, amid the coronavirus crisis. Covid-19.

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