Air France sweeps due to strike 60 percent of the flights – Basler Zeitung

Air France sweeps due to strike 60 percent of the flights – Basler Zeitung

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After the Lufthansa also contact the Air France pilots in the strike. Now the airline is responding. The airports of Zurich and Geneva are affected.

The strike cost the airline up to 15 million euros daily : An Air France flight at Zurich Airport.
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Only 40 percent of all scheduled connections would take place, Air France said. Due to the number of pilots who wanted to strike on Monday, remained 60 percent of flights at the bottom. The passengers would be informed and asked to rebook, CEO Frédéric Gagey said Saturday on French radio.

The walkout could cost the airline 10 to 15 million euros daily. The pilots threaten the dispute over austerity measures so that, for a whole week not to get into the cockpit.

Air France flies from Basel-Mulhouse, Geneva and Zurich to Paris Charles-de-Gaulle Orly respectively. According to the airline on Sunday afternoon alone were canceled for Monday from Zurich four of the five direct flights to the French capital.

From Geneva to fall even eight of nine compounds from. Should take place as planned, however on Monday, all nine direct flights from the Euro-Airport Basel-Mulhouse to Paris.

expansion of low cost range

Air France-KLM wants – as well as rival Lufthansa – recapture market share by expanding the low bid. The pilots of the German airline went on strike in the past two weeks, three times, most recently on Wednesday in Munich. The pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit threatened with further walkouts.

Air France and Lufthansa are set by low cost rivals such as Ryanair and Easyjet as well as the rapidly growing Arab airlines such as Emirates and Etihad under pressure.

The saving efforts at Air France itself provides a powerful union in the way. It requires, inter alia, for the pilots of the airline subsidiary Transavia same contracts as at Air France. There, some 4,700 pilots are employed. (wid / sda)

Created: 14/09/2014, 14:08 clock