Higher costs of trips to the province
Because of the competition of the TGV, Air France has decided to remove the connecting flights at Orly Rennes, Lyon and Avignon since March 31. Other destinations could be lost in 2015-2016, as Bordeaux and Strasbourg.
In France will remove flights from Orly, and the province as part of a redeployment programme starting in late March. This is provided an internal report to the company quoted by the newspaper Les Echos. The trip to Lyon, Avignon and Rennes are covered. Two daily frequencies between airport in Paris and Marseille also disappear at the end of August. The reason for competition of a high speed train getting faster, resulting in a decline in passengers to trains. A one-way ticket between Paris-Lyon and Avignon can now be conducted in two hours and forty. To travel to Rennes, it is now two hours.
Strasbourg and Bordeaux concerned in the medium term
The document also calls for the removal of Orly flights between Strasbourg and Bordeaux to the year 2015-2016. Until then, travel time TGV to these two cities will be further shortened. Air France would continue to lose customers in this case and would prefer to close the lines. The routes would also be less regularly to Provence, with an anticipated decrease of at least 20% within the next six or seven years the number of flights to Marseille, Toulon and Montpellier. Towards Toulouse, the number of shuttles could be halved, with activity down 30% at the start of Orly.
Higher costs of trips to the province
The issue of employment is obviously posed. The redeployment lines to the province is expected to result in the elimination of 1000 jobs by 2016. But according to the airline departures should avoid redundancies. The main organizations staff stopovers CGT and FO, denounced the strategy of Air France which they said would be tantamount to "surrender the tarmac to competition."
Air France justifies its strategy by the modest increase in activity stops in the province (+6%) compared to the increase in their average unit costs. They have climbed 67%, primarily as a result of an increase in staffing by 35%. The soaring costs were partially offset by higher prices.
In France will remove flights from Orly, and the province as part of a redeployment programme starting in late March. This is provided an internal report to the company quoted by the newspaper Les Echos. The trip to Lyon, Avignon and Rennes are covered. Two daily frequencies between airport in Paris and Marseille also disappear at the end of August. The reason for competition of a high speed train getting faster, resulting in a decline in passengers to trains. A one-way ticket between Paris-Lyon and Avignon can now be conducted in two hours and forty. To travel to Rennes, it is now two hours.
Strasbourg and Bordeaux concerned in the medium term
The document also calls for the removal of Orly flights between Strasbourg and Bordeaux to the year 2015-2016. Until then, travel time TGV to these two cities will be further shortened. Air France would continue to lose customers in this case and would prefer to close the lines. The routes would also be less regularly to Provence, with an anticipated decrease of at least 20% within the next six or seven years the number of flights to Marseille, Toulon and Montpellier. Towards Toulouse, the number of shuttles could be halved, with activity down 30% at the start of Orly.
Higher costs of trips to the province
The issue of employment is obviously posed. The redeployment lines to the province is expected to result in the elimination of 1000 jobs by 2016. But according to the airline departures should avoid redundancies. The main organizations staff stopovers CGT and FO, denounced the strategy of Air France which they said would be tantamount to "surrender the tarmac to competition."
Air France justifies its strategy by the modest increase in activity stops in the province (+6%) compared to the increase in their average unit costs. They have climbed 67%, primarily as a result of an increase in staffing by 35%. The soaring costs were partially offset by higher prices.
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