Nearly 60% of flights Air France will be canceled again Wednesday because of a strike by pilots, announced the company management. “We plan to provide at least 40% of flights, as now, with a strike rate that is stable, 60%” , said at a press briefing Catherine Jude operational director of the company. “There will be no blocking” , has she added.
“Yesterday morning as our customers have followed the instructions (.. .) We have not seen a crowd at airports “, assured M me Jude. She said that Air France had sent nearly nine hundred thousand messages to customers to notify them of flight cancellations. According to the company, some fifty-five thousand passengers calls were received Monday France, “10% more than normal” . “We have significantly strengthened the call centers [call centers] in order to cope with this huge volume of calls” , said M . me Jude
The strike is still massively followed: 60% according to management, 75% according to the SNPL union. Besides SNPL, SPAF (second union) called to join the movement until September 20, and Alter (unrepresentative) to 18 pilots fear that Transavia develops over Air France.
The unions presented the day Wednesday as potentially “worst” , citing a potential “total blockage” , the coaching pilots called in Monday and Tuesday to be put to rest.
Interviewed Tuesday morning on RTL, the CEO of Air France-KLM Group, Alexander Juniac, assured that the strike will not result in a red day on Wednesday even predicting a slight improvement in traffic.
The CEO of Air France, Frédéric GAGEY said Tuesday that management had proposed limiting the size of the future fleet of Transavia France thirty devices until 2019, to reassure drivers, instead of the originally planned thirty-seven.
The company, which estimates that between 10 and 15 million euros the daily cost of the strike, has again recommended to clients Tuesday to postpone their trip. At the Paris Bourse, the title Air France yielded 3.44% 10 to 12 hours after they had lost 3.25% on Monday.
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