“70%” flights will be assured Saturday, April 7 by the airline Air France while the drivers organise a fifth day of strike for wages.
Air France plans to ensure “70%” flights Saturday, April 7, according to a statement sent Friday by the management of the company, which records the highest cancellation rate since the beginning of the wage dispute in February.
During the four previous days of strike, the air group announced to maintain 75 or 76% of flights overall.
In detail, Air France anticipates the continuation on Saturday 75% of long-haul flights from Paris, 65% of medium-haul from and to Roissy and 70% of short-haul in Orly and region.
The movement is “as usual strong monitoring”, knowing that these figures “include charter flights” from other companies, responded Grégoire Aplincourt of Spaf, the second pilot union Air France.
[Mouvement social #AirFrance] Pour la journée du samedi 7avril, Air France prévoit d’assurer 70% de ses vols : https://t.co/kpUZtizmer
Pour vérifier le statut de son vol et connaître les mesures commerciales : https://t.co/S1rktU8o2N pic.twitter.com/eMfEmHLDSQ
— Air France Newsroom (@AFnewsroom) 6 April 2018
The fifth day of strike for wages , initiated by eleven unions of all trades, coincides with the start of spring school holidays for zone A (Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon and Poitiers).
According to the preliminary declarations received (Diard law), the management estimates the strike rate at 34% for pilots, 26.2% for cabin crew (cabin crew) and 18.7% for cabin crew. the ground staff.
After Saturday, another six days of strike are already scheduled.
Unions demand a 6% wage increase
The union of pilots (SNPL, Spaf, Alter), hostesses and stewards (SNPNC, Unsa-PNC, CFTC, SNGAF) and personnel on the ground (CGT, FO and South), claims, like the Unac who ‘is not part of it, a 6% increase in salary scales.
They believe that management must reward the efforts made in the past, especially as the results of the company improve. It replies that the growth dynamic remains fragile and, above all, lower than that of its competitors.
