2h30 by train is not a whole lot. All this does is ban people from taking a 4h long total flight (taking into account going to and from the airport, waiting, et

2h30 by train is not a whole lot. All this does is ban people from taking a 4h long total flight (taking into account going to and from the airport, waiting, etc.) that basically brings you next door. Nobody gets connecting flights to other cities in France. If you're coming from a long haul, you either land in Orly/Roissy, Nice or Toulouse. From these places, you're either still far enough from your destination to take another flight, or you never had a connection to begin with. EDIT: Thankfully, Paris isn't the only city in France. Yes, the city that concentrates every infrastructure has infrastructure to go everywhere from it, fast. Try to go from Nice to Lyon, Toulouse to Bordeaux (which is juuuuust on that 2h30 limit), Nantes to Brest, etc. All of these cities that are still major, but just connected through a TER will keep having access to these flights. Truly, it's just Paris.