The Air France group plans to cut over 7,500 jobs by the end of 2022 according to union sources. That includes 6,560 jobs in Air France itself and over 1,000 at the regional airline Hop!. Two Hop! maintenance sites are reportedly threatened with closure, as is an Air France flight crew base in Toulouse. At Air France, departures would happen through collective agreements for flight staff, while a voluntary departure plan is favoured for ground staff. Management wishes to start negotiations with ground staff unions at the beginning of July for the first departures at the beginning of 2021.
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