2023-09-01 19:54:32
The bickering between rail and air is counterproductive, SNCF and Air France having every interest, to complete their recovery, in working together, for example to develop combined “Train + Air” tickets. Photomontage Figaro/S.Mouchmouche/Hans Lucas via Reuters/stock.adobe.com
INQUIRY – Air carriers, who refuse to be taxed to finance the train, do not accept that the SNCF defends this solution.
That was a little over two years ago. During the Paris Air Forum, the CEO of the SNCF, Jean-Pierre Farandou, and the general manager of Air France, Anne Rigail, who participated in the same round table, made a friendly assault. “The opposition of train and plane is a rearguard fight“, estimated the leader of the tricolor airline. Not sure that today the two bosses would agree to discuss together the complementarity between rail transport and its air cousin.
Because, for the past few months, relations between the SNCF and Air France-KLM have cooled down significantly, not to say that they have become polar. What ignited the powder? The project to tax the air sector to finance the 100 billion euro railway development plan announced on February 24 by the Prime Minister. That day, Elisabeth Borne did not hide behind her little finger. “We want to involve the most emitting sectors…
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