PARIS – Air France-KLM says it isn’t ready to abandon a plan to transfer activities to a low-cost carrier, contradicting a government minister’s claim.
France’s junior minister for transport, Alain Vidalies, said on RMC radio Wednesday that Air France was withdrawing the plan in the face a protracted ****** by pilots.
But Air France spokesman Cedric Leurquin told The Associated Press that there has been “no change in the negotiations.” He said the ******* is sticking to its offer Monday to suspend the plan until the end of the year but not withdrawing it.
Unions dismissed that offer as a stalling tactic. They say the plan to shift much of Air France’s European operations to low-cost carrier Transavia will cost too many jobs.