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| Air France executives chased from jobs talks | Air France executives chased from jobs talks |
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| Two Air France managers were forced to flee a meeting about job cuts after angry workers broke into the room. | Two Air France managers were forced to flee a meeting about job cuts after angry workers broke into the room. |
| The managers, one of whom had his shirt ripped from his body, were involved in talks about plans for 2,900 job losses at the airline. | The managers, one of whom had his shirt ripped from his body, were involved in talks about plans for 2,900 job losses at the airline. |
| Parent firm Air France-KLM said it would take legal action over the protestors' "aggregated violence". | |
| The airline later confirmed the job losses as part of a big restructuring that also involves route cuts. | The airline later confirmed the job losses as part of a big restructuring that also involves route cuts. |
| The measures include cutting back the long-haul network by 10% and a reduction in the size of the aircraft fleet. | |
| The airline's human resources manager, Xavier Broseta, and the director of Air France at Orly Airport, Pierre Plissonnier, were caught up in the protests, and had clothing torn. | |
| Mr Broseta climbed over barriers to escape from the angry protestors. | |
| Air France chief executive Frederic Gagey had already left the room before the works council meeting near Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris, was interrupted about an hour after it had begun. | Air France chief executive Frederic Gagey had already left the room before the works council meeting near Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris, was interrupted about an hour after it had begun. |
| Air France said the restructuring would see the airline's costs reduce by €1.8bn (£1.3bn) over two years. | |
| Strikes | |
| The airline has delayed or cancelled aircraft orders with Boeing. | |
| Air France believes its current strategy can "guarantee the economic objectives and the company's future." | |
| This cuts include 1,700 ground staff, 900 cabin crew, and 300 pilots, a also a 10% reduction in its long-haul business and an increase in pilots' working hours. | |
| Although the airline says it would prefer voluntary departures to reduce its staff, forced redundancies are also being considered as an option. | |
| Profits at the airline have been hit in part by strikes by pilots, who have been protesting over the expansion of its budget subsidiary, Transavia. | |
| 'Essential' plan | |
| Air France also faces stiff competition from low-cost competition in Europe, as well as long-haul airlines in the Middle East. | |
| Air France said after a board meeting that it had decided to implement a new restructuring plan in order to accelerate its recovery after a period of making losses. | |
| Air France, which employs 52, 000 staff, has said that it faced "the impossibility of reaching an agreement to implement the productivity measures to restore long-term profitability". | |
| The company added that it "considered it essential to introduce an alternative plan" and had unanimously agreed to mandate Air France KLM and Air France Management to carry this out. |