Air France Flight Attendants Strike Air France Flight Attendants press release
Announced 10 October 2011 Air France flight attendants to strike From 00:01 Saturday 29 October to Wednesday 2 November 23:59. Perfect timing for French school holidays. Check back for more info.
Air France codeshares with Qantas, who are on strike now. Yikes, who else does Air France code share with?
Who else is on strike today?
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Updates:-
2 November 2011 Strike ends at midnight. Flights almost back to normal.
31 October Another one of the three flight attendants union went back to work today after guarantees of employment. Still canceling longhauls. Air France charters 100 planes. See what snpnc.org has to say.
On October 31:
AF344-AF345 Paris - Charles de Gaulle / Montréal / Paris - Charles de Gaulle
AF072-AF069 Paris - Charles de Gaulle / Los Angeles / Paris - Charles de Gaulle
AF026-AF027 Paris - Charles de Gaulle / Washington / Paris - Charles de Gaulle
AF682-AF681 Paris - Charles de Gaulle / Atlanta / Paris - Charles de Gaulle
- On November 1st:
AF344-AF345 Paris - Charles de Gaulle / Montréal / Paris - Charles de Gaulle
AF3848-AF3849 Paris - Charles de Gaulle / Abu Dhabi / Paris - Charles de Gaulle
AF682-AF681 Paris - Charles de Gaulle / Atlanta / Paris - Charles de Gaulle
30 October 2011 Limiting shorthaul passengers to a 100 per flight. That way Air France employees less flight attendants per flight. By law 50-100 passengers 2 flight attendants. Another attendant for the next 50.
150 Flight technicians are joining in the strike today. They deal with flight preparation and dispatch.
29 October 2011 CDG running normal, passengers changed to other airlines. Orly 200 passengers waiting to be booked.
27 October Remember it can take a while for flights to get back to normal. By French law a certain percentage of flights have to fly. Longhauls have been cancelled. 80% of flights to continue flying.
Air France issues Press release In short:-
Reducing flights, expect delays. "We do not exclude on the spot cancellations" (Never seen that before from them) Also. - If you wish to travel from November 03 to December 09, 2011 included, the modification of your booking is possible free of charge in the same cabin of travel, irrespectively of the fare paid.
- If you wish to travel from December 10, 2011 to May 13, 2012, the modification of your booking is possible free of charge at the same fare, according to availability, or by paying the difference with a higher fare.
In these two cases, you may change your reservation online*, through the "Manage your reservations" feature.
Other possible options:
- You may change your destination or point of origin, or cancel your journey, or postpone your travel up to May 13, 2012:
Please contact your usual point of sales before November 30, 2011.
- If your flight has been canceled or delayed by more than 5 hours, you may require a refund, and your ticket will be fully refunded, except the service fee.
We invite you to fill in the refund form available through the "Manage your reservations / Obtain a refund online" feature on this website.
*Subject to eligibility. If the service is not available, please contact Air France (phone number available on this website in the "Contact us" section).
25 October Strike still on. UNSA-PNC bulletin in French, but you get the gist. It's time to call Air France if you haven't already. Airline expected to announce "significant profit warning" in November.
20 October 2011 Flight attendants union and management met yesterday. Talks broke down. Union state strike is still set. More talks will be planned.
In the event of a strike, previously, by law they have to fly a certain amount of flights. Air France strikes
Was three unions to strike, now down to two. Unac signs an agreement with management.
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