13-01-15 22:56 pm – Source: Reuters
Airplanes Air France last year during a strike by pilots. © Reuters
Air France denies that it is working on plans to cut up to 5,000 jobs. The French newspaper Le Figaro reported Tuesday that based on unnamed sources in the French airline which forms an alliance with KLM.
A spokesman for Air France said the message from tonight. According to Air France, it is too early to speculate on further interventions. French sister company KLM deleted spend the last years almost 8,000 jobs in an effort to lower costs and improve competitiveness.
The results have improved by these interventions, but especially labor costs remain weigh heavily on the budget, while competition has only become more intense. Parent company Air France-KLM gave in mid-December for the third time in six months time, a profit warning. The company has more problems than it had anticipated increased competition in particular on long routes.
The aftermath of a pilots strike by Air France in September forced two weeks was to fly at half speed, cost more money than budgeted earlier. The company at that time indicated that additional cost savings must be found, but there would still not give details about
. Unions
The top of Air France, according to Le Figaro Tuesday unions briefed on the situation. Essence of the message, according to the newspaper that the French airline which cost effectiveness is still far behind from competitors such as Lufthansa and British Airways, and sister company KLM. There, the savings that have been made since 2012, far too little to change.
KLM announced in late November that it will cut the next five years 700 million, again without going into detail. Reports of mass layoffs, the Dutch airline, however, spoke strongly against. Air France has mentioned so far no concrete savings goal
(Edited by: Editorial).
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