2023-11-10 13:29:44
By Emma Confrere
Published 1 hour ago, Updated 34 minutes ago
On November 7, Twin Jet posted a video on X (former Twitter) for the restart of the Lyon-Metz/Nancy route. Alexi Tauzin – stock.adobe.com
Three passengers took off from Lorraine on Tuesday to go to Lyon. Enough to annoy some Internet users and even the French railway company.
Who will win, train or plane? It’s a battle that rages even on social networks. It all started in October with the announcement of the relaunch of the air link between Lyon and Metz/Nancy by the company Twin Jet. During Covid, this line formerly operated by Hop! had been closed, then restarted once, without success. On November 7, Twin Jet posted a video on X (former Twitter) for the restart of the route.
In its publication, the company is delighted that “three passengers were able to take off on a plane» which normally contains 19 places. In the comments, a user gets carried away: “But what a rich idea, have you watched the news (heat waves, floods and everything that will still happen?) Does climate change speak to you? For three passengers, if it wasn’t so sad and annoying it could almost be funny».
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The SNCF was also quick to react via its director of TGV Intercités, Alain Krakovitch. “Three passengers? I say it like that but a good ten TGV Inouis make this journey every day“, he compared. On the Twin Jet side, the group specifies Figaro to have “was surprised» with this message «because we are not at all on the same market». «Twin Jet positions itself precisely on secondary transverse connections», agrees Eric Moret, general director of the company. For the latter, “the SNCF offer is insufficient and unsuitable for business travel».
The railway company indeed offers a connection between Lyon and Metz/Nancy, with a change in Paris. Instead of an hour by plane, the journey takes 4 or 5 hours on the rails. “We’d better keep fighting for the return of the train line», Regrets another Internet user. Faced with the detractors of the empty plane, Eric Moret already anticipates “a real rebound in attendance in the coming days and weeks».
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