Air France pilots approved the carrier’s plan to carve out a new, lower-cost business to counter increasing pressure from rivals, marking a rare agreement with workers after years of contentious labor relations at the carrier.
Flight-deck employees represented by the SNPL union, who account for two-thirds of pilots at the French arm of Air France-KLM Group, voted 58.1 percent in favor of the proposal to create the unit, provisionally dubbed Boost, the labor group said Monday in a statement. Further talks are needed to refine the plan, it said.
