Air France Cancels Flights as Workers Protest Proposed Rules for Strikes (Bloomberg.com)

February 6, 2012

Air France (AF) scrapped some flights today because of a strike by pilots, cabin crew and ground workers over proposed changes to rules governing labor protests.

The French unit of Air France-KLM Group operated 449 flights as of 12:30 p.m. in Paris, Cedric Leurquin, an airline spokesman, said by phone, without specifying how many were scheduled to operate by that point today. The full day’s timetable called for 1,332 flights.

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Unions are protesting a bill to be considered by the French Senate that would oblige each employee planning to strike to give 48 hours’ notice. The measure would give the airline a better idea of how travelers would be affected.

Complete article in Bloomberg.com