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The Anti-Progress Crusade against Flight
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The Anti-Progress Crusade against Flight

The Dangers of Government-Mandated Flight Restrictions on Progress and Individual Freedom

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Thomas Walker-Werth
Apr 16, 2021
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On April 10, 2021, the French National Assembly voted to ban short-haul flights on routes where a train journey taking less than two and a half hours is available, in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from aircraft.1 This came days after the same French government bailed out the privately owned Air France-KLM, which, like most airlines around the …

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