Von der Leyen, Metsola and Costa take charter flight from Brussels to Luxembourg – POLITICO
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European Commission defends the use of a private jet to attend Schuman Day celebrations with Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden.

  • macniel@feddit.orgEnglish
    71·
    22 days ago

    it absolutely is not when the Flight takes 3+ hours. Plus you need to check in, go through security etc. etc.

    • federal reverse@feddit.orgMEnglish
      12·
      22 days ago

      I’d assume that a charter flight wouldn’t include layover in FRA. Random flight time calculator I found says a direct flight BRU→LUX might take 44 minutes.

      Doesn’t really make it much better though. In general, I think we could do without politicians attending every commemoration of everything and then immediately going elsewhere.

      • macniel@feddit.orgEnglish
        4·
        22 days ago

        I’d assume that a charter flight wouldn’t include layover in FRA. Random flight time calculator I found says a direct flight BRU→LUX might take 44 minutes.

        Oh yeah you are right, but I also didn’t found any charter routes. But 44 Minutes sound reasonable.