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Air France to slash jobs and flights after union talks fail
http://www.france24.com/en/20151002-air-france-slash-jobs-flights-after-union-talks-failAir France to slash jobs and flights after union talks fail
Latest update : 2015-10-02
Air France is set to slash thousands of jobs and scale back long-haul flights as part of a vast cost-cutting programme after it failed to reach an agreement with its pilots over an increase of their working hours, its board announced Thursday.
The cutbacks will include “a reduction of activity by Air France in 2016 and 2017, in order to guarantee the economic objectives and the company's future”, the board said in a statement, with the full details to be presented to the airline’s central committee Monday.
The airline, part of the Franco-Dutch Air France-KLM group, has previously said it may have to scrap 10 percent of its long-haul network by 2017 as part of the cost-cutting exercise, something unions have estimated will see around 4,000 jobs axed.
The decision by Air France to enact its “Plan B” restructuring programme followed months of fraught negotiations between the airline and its pilots, who last year waged the longest strike in the company's history.