SNCF Offers High-speed Venture to Air France

15.07.2008 (12:28)

Airline Air France KLM is in preliminary talks with state railways company SNCF about high-speed train cooperation even before the liberalisation of rail travel by 2010, Reuter reports referring to Liberation newspaper.

The French paper said SNCF has offered to Air France to set up a special joint unit for the rail link between airport hubs.

Air France last week confirmed its interest in high-speed train travel and said it was in talks with Veolia Transport, which does not currently have a high-speed train service.

Air France and SNCF had no immediate comment on the report.

High-speed rail links have already taken traffic from short distance air links. With existing or upcoming high-speed rail links between Paris, Amsterdam or Frankfurt, airlines could transport long-distance air travellers to their hubs -- boosting the load factor and cutting costs.

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