MORE than 5,000 French Air
France-KLM employees will be laid off by the end of 2013 to save US$2.5 billion
a year and restore profitability, Europe's largest airline has revealed.
No word on how many jobs
would be lost in the cargo segment, but the company said freighter capacity
will be cut 20 per cent.
Air France Cargo has stopped
freighter service to Shanghai - and is refocusing on West Africa, the Indian
Ocean, North America, Mexico and Japan. Operating as a single unit since June
1, Air France Cargo is joined with KLM Cargo and Martinair with its six
747-400s and seven MD-11Fs. Air France Cargo will dispose of one 747-400,
reducing its fleet to two 747-400s and two Boeing 777 freighters.
Early retirement will be
encouraged and other full-time jobs will disappear through attrition and work
sharing, though direct involuntary outplacement will be "unavoidable"
if unions reject the company's business plan, the company said.
Said Air France CEO
Alexandre de Juniac: "If we make all the necessary equitably distributed
efforts, there will be no forced departures."
Source : HKSG, 26.06.12.
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