Air France-KLM, Europe's biggest airline, aims to cut between 2,500 and 3,000 jobs in the next two financial years, a spokeswoman for the carrier said today.
The Franco-Dutch company, which posted a 9.4 percent slump in passenger traffic in March, will not renew short-term contracts or replace retiring employees, avoiding compulsory layoffs, she said, confirming an article in newspaper La Tribune.
Air France-KLM cut 2,400 jobs in the fiscal year ended March 31st, 2009 and forecast an operating loss of €200 million for the period. It expects a further loss for 2009/10.
Shares in Air-France KLM have lost 1.33 percent so far this year, after dropping some 61 per cent in 2008, giving the company a market value of about €2.7 billion ($3.6 billion).
Reuters
