Economics

Air France pilots end marathon strike

Air France's main pilots' union Sunday announced the end of a crippling, two-week strike held over the development of the airline's low-cost subsidiary.

28.09.2014

(AFP) Air France's main pilots' union Sunday announced the end of a crippling, two-week strike held over the development of the airline's low-cost subsidiary.

The SNPL's spokesman Guillaume Schmid told AFP the pilots were ending the protest, which has cost Air France more than 200 million euros (250 million USD), so that negotiations over budget carrier Transavia can go ahead "in a calmer climate".