Air France employees demonstrate against the closure of bases in Marseille, Nice and Toulouse

“Air France sacrifices the province”, “Air France personnel in danger“,” No to low cost “: 80 Air France employees demonstrated on Sunday March 28 at Marseille-Provence airport (Bouches-du-Rhône) against the management’s plan to close the three provincial bases in Marseille, Nice and Toulouse.

When questioned, Air France management confirmed that she was studying “the closure of its provincial bases for its flight personnel as part of the restructuring of its domestic network”. She clarified that “this development should be the subject of prior discussions and negotiations with the trade unions and all the employees concerned who would be offered mobility within the company”.

The Air France group lost 7.1 billion euros in 2020 due to the Covid crisis with a collapse of 59% of its turnover compared to 2019. The workforce fell by more than 10% in the he year with 5,000 departures at KLM and 3,600 at Air France. Plans underway should accompany around 900 additional departures from KLM and 4,900 from Air France.