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Air France rolls out its 7,500 job cuts plan

2021-09-12T19:51:08.778Z


Several thousand employees have already left the company on a voluntary basis. Those who stay worry about the future.


And now?

Air France comes out of a summer "

globally at the level of expectations 

", according to the company, with, in August, an offer equivalent to 64% of that before the health crisis.

But, at the start of the school year, when the flow of tourists dries up, the Delta variant raises fears of a relapse in traffic.

And the persistent closure of the United States' borders to Europeans, a major market, does not make the companies of the Old Continent very optimistic.

Recently, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr said he expected a “

long and cold again

” winter

.

Air France is less definitive but remains very cautious.

The situation is uncertain.

The level of supply is not stabilized for September

”, explains one within the tricolor company.

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In this context, the group's employees are worried.

They fear that they will be asked to make further efforts if the situation deteriorates again.

"

We haven't been told about anything like this for the moment,

" said Christophe Dewatine, general secretary of

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Source: lefigaro

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