Flight shaming is working, but will Europe's railways buckle under the strain?
Germany and Sweden have seen a drop in air passengers, partly as a result of flight shaming. Fliers are moving onto Europe's creaking rail networks, which will likely mean more delays, crowds and cancellations for all. Environmental groups welcomed a 4% annual drop in people flying via airports in Sweden, where the concept of flight shaming or Flygskam was born. Germany, too, saw a 0.4% decline in air traffic last year; domestic air travel fell more steeply — down almost 2%. But the German airports association, ADV, blames economic, not environmental reasons. Germany's Deutsche Bahn, on the other hand, is seeing record numbers of long-distance rail travellers. In the first half of 2019, it carried 71.8m longer-haul passengers and expects that figure to have reached 150m for the whole of last year. <br/>
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Flight shaming is working, but will Europe's railways buckle under the strain?
Germany and Sweden have seen a drop in air passengers, partly as a result of flight shaming. Fliers are moving onto Europe's creaking rail networks, which will likely mean more delays, crowds and cancellations for all. Environmental groups welcomed a 4% annual drop in people flying via airports in Sweden, where the concept of flight shaming or Flygskam was born. Germany, too, saw a 0.4% decline in air traffic last year; domestic air travel fell more steeply — down almost 2%. But the German airports association, ADV, blames economic, not environmental reasons. Germany's Deutsche Bahn, on the other hand, is seeing record numbers of long-distance rail travellers. In the first half of 2019, it carried 71.8m longer-haul passengers and expects that figure to have reached 150m for the whole of last year. <br/>
