Air France pilot unions call for new strike June 24-27

Air France pilot unions SNPL, SPAF and ALTER announced June 17 they would strike again from June 24-27. They said the decision to go ahead with a new bout of action was made after a meeting with Air France management failed to reach any agreements. The unions said they had put forward new compromise proposals, but the airline refused to make any decisions before the arrival of Air France-KLM’s new chairman and CE Jean-Marc Janaillac. However, they added, the company wanted to press ahead with outstanding actions from its Transform 2015 turnaround plan immediately. Air France said it regretted the notice of new strike action. The last 4-day round of walkouts, which affected around 20% of Air France’s flights, ended June 14 and the carrier said the disruption cost it more than E40m (US$45m). <br/>