Air France to gradually build back its flight schedule

Air France has announced that it would be increasing its flight schedule for summer 2020 and gradually building up its destination-offering and flight-frequencies over the next few months, through to October.

Thus, by September, it hopes to achieve 50% of its flight schedule, pushing it to 60% in October.

Additionally, the airline says that its domestic network will be restored to nearly full capacity flying out of Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport. However, medium and long-haul routes and frequencies will slowly build over the coming weeks and months.

Earlier, Air France-KLM had announced plans to cut more than 7,500 jobs at its French arm, amid warnings that its future is on the line. Europe’s second-biggest airline will eliminate 6,560 positions at its Air France flagship, while its regional carrier Hop! will lose 1,020 posts, the company had said  in a statement. The cuts will take place over the next three years.The airline said it’s not expecting business to return to last year’s level before 2024.