REUTERS/Bryan Woolston Acquire Licensing RightsBRUSSELS, Sept 4 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Short flights within Europe are frequent flyers on wish lists of things to ban.
But not all short flights are alike, and banning commercial hops makes less sense than targeting private jets.
Limiting private jet travel would make a bigger difference, with fewer broad-based disruptions.
Reuters GraphicsFollow @rebeccawire on XCONTEXT NEWSCountries such as France, Spain, Belgium and Germany have enacted or are considering measures to reduce or ban short flights.
More than half of 2022 private jet travel was for distances of less than 750 km.
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