France has voted to end the use of short haul air routes that could be replaced by rail.
The decision sees domestic air routes to be suspended in cases where they can be replaced by a direct train service of less than two and a half hours, in a popular series of climate and environment proposals.
The decision could spell the end of domestic services from Paris' Orly airport. International passengers will have to rethink their domestic links when transferring at Charles de Gaulle or Roissy airport.
In the land of the TGV – France's high speed train services – much of the country would fall under the 2.5 hour radius from Paris. It would no longer be possible to travel by air to Bordeaux, or Lyon from the capital.
Mediterranean south, a popular tourist destination, will keep its air links.
The original proposal set up by president Macron's climate commission was to scrap all flights with possible rail links up to four hours. However the this extreme goal was reduced after appeals from Air France KLM, which had been badly affected by the pandemic travel downturn.