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| Air France abandoning Transavia plans, says minister | Air France abandoning Transavia plans, says minister |
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| Air France has dropped plans to expand its Transavia low-cost airline, the government has said, following a week-long strike by its pilots. | Air France has dropped plans to expand its Transavia low-cost airline, the government has said, following a week-long strike by its pilots. |
| The country's transport secretary, Alain Vidalies, told RMC radio that "the Transavia Europe project has been abandoned by management". | The country's transport secretary, Alain Vidalies, told RMC radio that "the Transavia Europe project has been abandoned by management". |
| But Air France said it was "premature" to announce that the Transavia project had been withdrawn. | |
| The strike has been costing the airline up to 15m euros (£11.8m) a day. | |
| The dispute is over local employment terms, which can be less generous at European hubs than at core Air France operations. |