It appears Air France’s pilots have ended their strike, as the
company’s union of pilots, on Sunday announced an end to its 14-day strike that
grounded roughly half of the airline's flights, keep passengers stranded
worldwide and led to stern shows of frustration by the French prime minister.
The SNPL union told AP in a text message that the strike
was over. A spokesman said he was unable to immediately provide further
details, but confirmed that the union believed conditions were still not in
place for proper dialogue between the pilots and Air France management to
overcome problems leading to the strike.
Air France declined immediate comment.
The strike's end comes after Air France offered Wednesday to
scrap a central part of a plan to shift most of its European operations to
low-cost carrier Transavia.
The plan prompted the strike, because pilots see it as a way
to outsource their jobs to countries with lower taxes and labor costs. Air
France wants to restructure to stay competitive.
Socialist Prime Minister Manuel Valls chimed in during the
walkout, and spoke out against the protesters by saying the strike endangered
the flag carrier, had "no reason," was incomprehensible to the French
people and gave France a "bad image."
Parent company Air France-KLM said previously that the
walkout was costing up to 20 million euros ($25 million) a day.
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