Train replaces flights

Paris - Air France is to halt its Paris-Brussels flight from next April because a high-speed rail link between the two cities…

Paris - Air France is to halt its Paris-Brussels flight from next April because a high-speed rail link between the two cities is siphoning off potential customers. Air France would instead provide its passengers wanting to go to Brussels with tickets on the 80-minute Thalys train service, a joint venture between French and Belgian railways similar to the cross-channel Eurostar.