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Not really : https://ourworldindata.org/travel-carbon-footprint
That chart says “per passenger mile” and doesn’t seem to include cargo.
E: and I don’t disagree that short-hop domestic flights are worse for the environment. High-speed trains should definitely be used in that instance.
Relative to passenger cars, they really sort of are.