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Why are flights cheaper than trains in Europe? (www.euronews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by CAVOK@lemmy.world to c/europe@feddit.de

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[–] Kelteseth@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

But this could be said about every industry, right? Oh, if we would be not be taxed, we would be more competitive worldwide.

[–] j_overgrens@feddit.nl 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Indeed, but aviation is slightly more mobile than say steel production. It's a bad excuse nonetheless, if you ask me!

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

It's really not. It's the most immobile industry there is. They literally have to land in the places where people want to go to, they can't just produce their "goods" anywhere and ship them.