Socio-cultural issues
5.4.1. Change in the perception of air travel While air travel was earlier seen as an expensive cost and was not easily available financially for lower- and middle class income groups, the low cost revolution that has made air travel
across Europe available to the larger public through lower fares. The surge of British residents
purchasing real estate in France can be closely linked to the rise in cheap air travel between
these two destinations. For instance, the French city of Carcasonne has estimated that the app.
235000 passengers coming to the city from LFA ́s have created €270 million worth of extra
economic activity, including real estate trade.
91 This will increase air travel as people who would not consider travelling by air – or at least not
travel so often – now have the opportunity to travel, either as the VFF
92 or the leisure segment,
at low cost to most European countries.