Air France Wields the Axe Again

摘要

French trade union, the General Confederation of Labour (CGT), has announced that Air France is to axe up to 3,000 more jobs as part of its ongoing Transform 2015 cost-cutting exercise. The carrier is aiming to generate savings of €2 billion overthree years but claims that the weak European economy has so far thwarted its turnaround efforts. It has already shed more than 5,100 staff since it launched Transform 2015 last year but it is expected to unveil a host of new measures this autumn, including a voluntary redundancy exercise. "The figure going around is between 2,500 and 3,000 job cuts," Didier Fauverte, CGT's General Secretary at Air France said. Hardest hit will be the carrier's ground operations -accounting for around 2,000 jobs - while the remainder will come from its commercial areas and flight crews.