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Airline tax could fund express airport rail line -French minister

Long-awaited plan for express rail service from Paris to Charles de Gaulle airport close to being finalised and may be funded from new ticket taxes.

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A plan for an express rail service from Paris to Charles de Gaulle airport is close to being finalised and may be funded from new taxes on airline tickets, France's transport minister told Le Figaro newspaper, reports Reuters.

About 400 million euros ($533.32 million) out of the total 1.7 billion euros needed to fund the project could come from a new ticket tax, Frederic Cuvillier was quoted as saying, adding that a decision would be taken in the next few weeks.

"Such a tax would not be out of the question," he said.

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