The decline in air traffic continues to wreak havoc. This Friday, the management of Air France must present to the unions of the company a "reconstruction plan" to deal with the consequences of the coronavirus crisis. Upstream of these crucial announcements, union organizations indicated on Tuesday that 7,500 job cuts were planned by the end of 2022.
They would concern 6,560 of the 41,000 employees of the tricolor company and more than 1,000 within the regional company Hop! These reductions are expected to involve around 3,500 natural departures that are not replaced and essentially voluntary departures. But forced departures would also not be excluded for the staff of the short-haul network.
37% of Hop!
This alarming information had already filtered on the measures taken for HOP, of which 37% of the workforce would be affected by this plan.
In a joint letter, several unions said Monday to oppose "the fact that the billions of euros in aid to the Air France group may lead to a massive destruction of jobs in the Air France group, as well as to a destructuring of respective industrial areas ”. They asked to be received by their CEO, Benjamin Smith. The latter had announced in late May the reduction of the French network by 40% by the end of 2021.
The company received financial support of 7 billion euros, including 4 billion guaranteed bank loans and 3 billion direct loans, from the French state, shareholder. In exchange, he asked the Franco-Dutch group to improve its profitability and its environmental impact.
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