{"id":53865,"date":"2022-10-24T12:45:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T11:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=53865"},"modified":"2022-10-24T12:45:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T11:45:55","slug":"banning-flights-on-uk-routes-with-fast-rail-links-could-cut-flight-emissions-by-third","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2022\/10\/banning-flights-on-uk-routes-with-fast-rail-links-could-cut-flight-emissions-by-third\/","title":{"rendered":"Banning flights on UK routes with fast rail links \u2018could cut flight emissions by third\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/banning-flights-climate-change.jpeg\" alt=\"banning flights climate change\" class=\"wp-image-53866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/banning-flights-climate-change.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/banning-flights-climate-change-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/banning-flights-climate-change-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/banning-flights-climate-change-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/banning-flights-climate-change-696x464.jpeg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Banning domestic passenger flights for journeys with viable train routes of under four-and-a-half hours would cut Great Britain\u2019s emissions from domestic aviation in half, according to a new report published by the Intergenerational Foundation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The report, entitled \u201cTrains over Planes: why the government should encourage domestic train travel\u201d, also found that almost a third of journeys are as fast or faster by train as they are by aeroplane, with almost two-thirds taking less than 30 minutes extra by train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Angus Hanton, IF Co-Founder, comments, \u201cWe are all aware of the risks posed by climate change, and reducing domestic flights is one way in which we can significantly reduce the UK\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions. Banning domestic flights with a viable alternative by train would be a faster route to our Net Zero targets and a small but important contribution to protecting future generations from the effects of climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat MP for Bath and author of the report\u2019s foreword, added, \u201cThe public understand that flying harms the environment but they need policy support to help encourage them out of planes and onto trains. If the French can ban domestic flights with a rail equivalent so too can the United Kingdom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Domestic aviation was responsible for emitting 2.7 megatonnes of CO2 and CO2 equivalents in 2019. However, almost two-thirds (62%) of CO2 emissions from UK domestic flights in 2019 were between cities linked by the rail network, and are potentially replaceable by rail travel.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some inter-city travel across England, Wales and Scotland is actually faster by train. he report found that the Newcastle-London and Manchester-London routes have faster city-centre to city-centre travel by train than by aeroplane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report calls for the government to ban domestic flights on routes that could be travelled by rail in 4.5 hours or less. The think tank calculates that this would result in a 53% reduction in CO2 emissions from domestic flights within Great Britain and a 33% reduction in CO2 emissions from all of UK domestic aviation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Travelling by aeroplane is seven times more harmful in terms of CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions than travelling by train. The Intergenerational Foundation think tank argues that the negative environmental effects of domestic aviation are not reflected in air fares, and that successive governments have failed to adequately tax air fuel and passengers according to the \u201cpolluter pays\u201d principle.<br><br>Tax reforms on aviation could also raise money for government investment in green technology and affordable travel: the report says that levying fuel duty on aviation kerosene and replacing Air Passenger Duty with VAT would have seen the Treasury receive up to \u00a3478 million more in 2019. 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