Air France-KLM not to cross ‘red line’ with job cuts, warns minister
The French finance minister says the airline was saved by a state bailout and he doesn’t want ‘any forced departures’
18 June 2020 - 11:54
Paris — France is warning flag carrier Air France-KLM against making forced job cuts, with finance minister Bruno le Maire saying such a move would constitute a “red line” the carrier shouldn’t cross after receiving a state bailout.
“We spent money to save Air France,” he said Thursday in a radio interview. “I am asking that there not be any forced departures — that’s the red line.”..
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