The employees gathered in front of the Air France agency in Bordeaux. - Clément Carpentier / 20 Minutes

The stifling heat did not deter them. This Thursday at noon, while the thermometer read almost 40 ° C, a hundred employees of Bordeaux airport, Air France and Hop !, most of them masked, gathered in front of the main agency of the French company of downtown. They protested in particular against the abolition of the air shuttle between Bordeaux-Mérignac and Orly (560,000 passengers per year), abandoned on the grounds that there is an alternative by train in less than 2.5 hours.

On a tarpaulin, one could read: “Air France employees refuse to end up like Ben”, in reference to the name of the general manager of the company, Ben Smith. “I hear the ecological argument [to remove the shuttle to Orly], but we already know that a low cost [company] is eyeing this link. So Air France planes would pollute but not those of this low cost? », Denounced Muriel Giloteaux, CGT delegate.

Bordeaux: The Air France air shuttle to Paris-Orly will certainly not leave https://t.co/lNDfqpBpSy via @ 20minutesBord pic.twitter.com/4XQDqYoAIY

- 20minutesbordeaux (@ 20minutesbord) June 29, 2020

Nearly 200 jobs threatened?

At the start of the week, Air France management presented its future structuring plan to its Bordeaux employees, with the disappearance of this very busy shuttle. "A catastrophic plan," explains Sandrine Bordes Duclos, secretary of the CSE at 20 Minutes. Air France absolutely does not defend us against government decisions ”.

The message from the employees of Bordeaux airport. - Clément Carpentier / 20 Minutes

According to the unions, nearly 200 jobs are threatened by the removal of the line. The closure of the Air France sales agency at Allées de Tourny is estimated between March and December 2021. "The reality is that voluntary departures will mainly lead to restricted mobility", regrets another employee.

About a hundred Bordeaux airport employees demonstrated against the closure of the Air France shuttle to Paris. - Clément Carpentier / 20 Minutes

After writing to the various mayors or to the President of the Republic, they gathered for the first time this Thursday to express their anger. "The negotiations are completely closed", insist the unions.

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