The ADP group will put 80% of its 6,295 employees on partial unemployment. These are the consequences of the collapse of air traffic linked to the coronavirus epidemic. The company, which notably manages the Paris airports of Roissy and Orly, and employs 90% of its workforce in France, presented, Thursday, March 19, a plan to the unions of the company meeting in an extraordinary works council. This request for France relates to a duration of six months, but the objective is "to use it as little as possible" in terms of duration, according to Edward Arkwright, director general of the ADP group. "The whole company is in partial activity, except operational continuity and essential functions" , which continue to exercise their activity normally, said the manager.
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The CFE-CGC, the company's first union, abstained after the presentation of this plan. The other four - CGT, CFCT, FO and Unsa - voted against. Contrary to the demand of the unions, "ADP does not maintain wages at 100% , " deplored Daniel Bertone, of CGT-ADP.
In terms of infrastructure, terminal 2 at Orly airport has been closed since Wednesday. Other closings are to follow on Monday at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle as part of the first measures to reduce operating costs. And the group is preparing, according to Edward Arkwright, "a new adjustment plan" for its infrastructure with new terminal closings to respond to the "rapid decline" in air traffic. Thursday, the two Parisian airports of ADP showed a fall in traffic of 75% compared to a day of normal activity. "The management is considering the complete closure of the Orly platform" , goes so far as to fear Daniel Bertone.