Flying in Europe up to 30 times cheaper than train, says Greenpeace

Campaigners say cheap flights, made possible by tax breaks for airlines, are encouraging people to heat the planet

Europe's cheap flights and pricey train tickets promote dirty forms of transport, campaigners say, with outrageous" tax breaks encouraging people to heat the planet as they head on holiday.

Train tickets are double the price of flights for the same routes, on average, according to an analysis from Greenpeace published on Thursday. The campaigners compared tickets on 112 routes on nine different days. To get from London to Barcelona, they found, the cost of taking the train is up to 30 times the cost of jumping on a plane.