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Airtravel is also subsidised by the German tax payer. Much more than the 49 EUR ticket. No matter if you are a tourist or not. (Arguably mostly for tourists act

Airtravel is also subsidised by the German tax payer. Much more than the 49 EUR ticket. No matter if you are a tourist or not. (Arguably mostly for tourists actually.)

kristianp 2y ago
What's the method of subsidy there? Contributing to Airbus shares?
- echoangle 2y ago
  Commercial aviation fuel is tax exempt in the EU, I would already count that as a subsidy (yes, I count not taxing something that's normally taxed as a subsidy, even if it isn't done by directly paying out money).
- Qwertious 2y ago
  Subsidising airports and fuel, presumably.
jacooper 2y ago
How is it subsidized while a local flight costs more than an international one? The idea is to push people to use the train, but a train isn't an alternative if it takes 9 hours compared to the 2 hour flight.
- sadcherry 2y ago
  ICE from Hamburg to Munich is about 5 hours. That's basically the other end of the country. Not sure where 9 hours come from. And your 2 hour flight easily goes to 4-5 hours if you add the security theatre and the extra overhead that transport to/from the airport entails. They are far outside the city whereas central stations are usually in the city center.