Where: France
What: France has added conditions to AirFrance’s COVID relief funds
What limits are being placed on AirFrance’s COVID funds?
- If high speed rail services the area within 2 hours 30 minutes, AirFrance has to stop flights
Why?
- To make AirFrance profitable
- To benefit from the lower cost of CO2 by train
- To encourage the airline to reach a target of using 2% of its fuel from sustainable sources by 2025
What’s the big picture: Other jurisdictions have COVID relief funds to allocate and conditionally allocate
International Railway Journal | Air France ordered to curb competition with rail in France