Air France Pilots Take Strike to the Streets, in Uniform

A demonstration in the streets of Paris is far from unusual, but one of the longest-running airline strikes in France in years brought a rare sight on Tuesday: Pilots protesting in uniform.

The pilots were demanding the government intervene to bring the now eight-day strike and deadlock to an end.

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About 200 Air France pilots on strike demonstrated in front of France's National Assembly; pilots waved placards, wore stickers declaring that they were "united for our future," and handed out pro-union T-shirts.

Air France-KLM, the parent company of Air France Airlines, says about half of all Air France flights have been cancelled since the strike started, and that each day is costing as much as 20 million euros ($25 million). On Monday, company CEO Alexandre de Juniac told Le Monde the airline had made a "final proposal," offering to postpone expanding the operations of low-cost carrier Transavia until the end of the year. Read more...

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