"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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In article , Martin Hotze wrote:
they apparently have other priorities. They have faster trains, for
example. How
does this compare with the US?

I think this is part of the point; if you made avgas tax free across
Europe, you still wouldn't get anywhere near US levels of GA. That's
because it'll still be much faster, more reliable and cheaper to travel
by train for business purposes and move small freight items by road
(since the distances are far smaller), and larger freight items by rail.

GA would still be largely personal, in-your-free-time types of
activities.

Sweden. Compare GA in Sweden where they don't tax avgas.
When I was living and flying there, with the exchange rates at
the time it was cheaper to hire a plane there than it was in the US.

Sweden also has large distances, but as far as I can tell, most GA
in Sweden also tends to be recreational.

Paul