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The management of Air France has announced that
it will be presenting its re-orientation strategy for the
survival of the company to aviation industry unions this
month in July.
Next month's exceptional general meeting will also
address the consequences for jobs within the company,
following the collapse of the aviation sector during the
Covid-19 pandemic. losses could amount to between 8,000 and 10,000 redundancies,
Employees are waiting to hear exactly how many job losses there which accounts for between 15% to 20% of employees - figures
will be within the Air France-KLM group. that have been tallied by the economics daily Les Echos. t Seeff North Coast, we understand our unique market
A similar meeting regarding the future of Air France's regional Air France director general Benjamin Smith announced at the A nuances and offer unmatched local insight, expertise
airline Hop!’ is also due to take place on 3 July. The group's short end of last month that a plan to reduce internal flights by 40% and service to our clients.
distance carrier is also expected to be hard hit by the restructuring would be put in place between now and the end of 2021, along
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personnel. after the French government granted Air France a financial rescue
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called on Air France not to initiate ‘forced’ departures as part of teed 90% by the State and 3 billion direct loans.
its ‘transformation plan’, saying that that would be crossing a ‘red Following the bailout, Air France was told to improve its
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