Oversubsidized air traffic is my best guess. But there was a practical reason to it.
I thought it had sth to do with the fact that every barrel of crude oil has a specific amount of each, kerosine being one part of it. You can’t make car gas without having kerosene, so to get rid of the kerosene, their best solution is making planes fly.
Something along the lines of this was the driver for the European diesel crisis too.
These are not Belgian train, but I get your point.
Plenty of reason, mainly it’s Ryanair. Flying shouldn’t be that cheap.
100 euros to Venice isn’t that bad actually.
miouge on
Is this a Belgian thing or do you know anywhere in Europe where a similar distance train is cheaper than flying?
InfamousKitchen on
It’s because flight tickets are free of tax on kerosine as well as international tax.. train tickets are not.. it’s not that train tickets are overly expensive , it’s more that flight tickets are kind of indirectly subsidized. On top of that, there’s big competitive market in fly companies, whereas more of a monopoly in train ‘companies’. All that plus the fact that maintenance on trains and train lines (or paying national companies to be able to ride on certain trajectories (TGV) ) are extremely expensive, add to the ticket prices having such a difference.
cowsnake1 on
If you call 19:00 tp 14;00 a night train. Somebody should tell you the definition of night.
DygonZ on
That’s actually really cheap for a sleepertrain? Also, this isn’t an exclusive Belgian problem, this is everywhere. Planes just get ridiculous subsidies.
Amyrantha_verc on
This is one of the reasons i still use plane trafic. I wouldn’t have any issue with taking the train if the prices were subsidized enough for it to be comparable. Went to Berlin in april and i could choose between 120€ go and return + 1-2 hour flight… OR 300€ for a 13 hour train ride.
I’m all for environment but at some point you have to take the reasonable choice.
McZorkLord on
Divided by 6 it’s €20 p.p.
As it states you’re essentialy reserving the whole booth.
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Oversubsidized air traffic is my best guess. But there was a practical reason to it.
I thought it had sth to do with the fact that every barrel of crude oil has a specific amount of each, kerosine being one part of it. You can’t make car gas without having kerosene, so to get rid of the kerosene, their best solution is making planes fly.
Something along the lines of this was the driver for the European diesel crisis too.
Source
https://youtu.be/w8r2xnITnqA?si=grjQHSWfJ0rlA_Y1
These are not Belgian train, but I get your point.
Plenty of reason, mainly it’s Ryanair. Flying shouldn’t be that cheap.
100 euros to Venice isn’t that bad actually.
Is this a Belgian thing or do you know anywhere in Europe where a similar distance train is cheaper than flying?
It’s because flight tickets are free of tax on kerosine as well as international tax.. train tickets are not.. it’s not that train tickets are overly expensive , it’s more that flight tickets are kind of indirectly subsidized. On top of that, there’s big competitive market in fly companies, whereas more of a monopoly in train ‘companies’. All that plus the fact that maintenance on trains and train lines (or paying national companies to be able to ride on certain trajectories (TGV) ) are extremely expensive, add to the ticket prices having such a difference.
If you call 19:00 tp 14;00 a night train. Somebody should tell you the definition of night.
That’s actually really cheap for a sleepertrain? Also, this isn’t an exclusive Belgian problem, this is everywhere. Planes just get ridiculous subsidies.
This is one of the reasons i still use plane trafic. I wouldn’t have any issue with taking the train if the prices were subsidized enough for it to be comparable. Went to Berlin in april and i could choose between 120€ go and return + 1-2 hour flight… OR 300€ for a 13 hour train ride.
I’m all for environment but at some point you have to take the reasonable choice.
Divided by 6 it’s €20 p.p.
As it states you’re essentialy reserving the whole booth.