Air France throws in the towel

[dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

This should be a shot in the arm for Speedrail. The distance is roughly
comparable to Sydney - Canberra, although air traffic was much higher in
France.


[ Article crossposted from misc.transport.rail.europe ]
[ Author was Alan Reekie (delete 'nospam.' to reply) ]
[ Posted on Thu, 5 Oct 2000 20:13:57 +0200 ]


According to the French weekly "La Vie du Rail", 4 October 2000,
page 51, Air France had decided to discontinue flights between 
Paris and Brussels with effect from next summer. Instead, Air
France will reserve accommodation for passengers holding Air 
France tickets, on the Thalys TGVs which take less than 90 
minutes for the run between the Aeroport CDG TGV station at 
Paris CDG airport and Brussels Midi station. Last year, Air France
carried some 158 thousand passengers on this route.

Regards, 

Alan (in Brussels)