Beginning on December 15th, 30% more connections will be offered to the French capital from Geneva, Zurich, Lausanne and Basel. That means an increase from the currently available 13,500 seats daily to 18,000 by the end of 2020. “I am convinced that the climate issues and the awareness of individuals of their carbon footprint will transform the market”, Fabien Soulet, the CEO of TGV Lyria told Le Monde newspaper. In fact, according to a poll conducted by the Zurich-based Sotomo research institute in September, climate change is among the top concerns for the Swiss voters in the upcoming October 30th elections. The Geneva-based Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said airplanes contribute to 4.9% of human-caused climate change.

Source: The Local October 10, 2019 08:37 UTC