Not really if you count door to door. 1h15 Paris to Brussels, city-center to city-center and less time wasted.
Same thing with London-Paris, even if you fly to LCY, you're still going at least to Orly.
> and less convenient and timely over that short distance compared to cars
But not everybody can have a car or can drive or even want to bother with that.
"Less convenient", sure, let me worry about where to park my rented car, how to drive in an unknown city (even with GPS), etc. In Europe this is really not worth it in some cities (even in cities like Toronto, you shouldn't bother if you're going to the city center, trains beat flying for nearby cities (Ottawa/Montreal)
Not really if you count door to door. 1h15 Paris to Brussels, city-center to city-center and less time wasted.
Same thing with London-Paris, even if you fly to LCY, you're still going at least to Orly.
> and less convenient and timely over that short distance compared to cars
But not everybody can have a car or can drive or even want to bother with that.
"Less convenient", sure, let me worry about where to park my rented car, how to drive in an unknown city (even with GPS), etc. In Europe this is really not worth it in some cities (even in cities like Toronto, you shouldn't bother if you're going to the city center, trains beat flying for nearby cities (Ottawa/Montreal)