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EasyJet cabin crew scrap plans to strike over Christmas holidays

After accepting proposals offered by management for increased salaries, unions representing EasyJet cabin crew have withdrawn their threats to strike during the Christmas holiday period.

EasyJet cabin crew scrap plans to strike over Christmas holidays
An easyJet Airlines plane at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP)

Unions representing flight attendants with EasyJet’s French subsidiary said that they were no longer calling on workers to strike, after the airline agreed to significant salary increases for 2023.

“Management came back to us with a new proposal that we could not refuse,” William Bourdon, the union representative for the SNPNC, which represents flight crews, told Le Parisien.

READ MORE: Christmas travel to France: What you need to know about strikes, services and prices

Leading unions, SNPNC and Unac, had threatened strike strike action during the Christmas holidays when the annual pay negotiations were unsuccessful at the end of November. 

After continued discussions, the French subsidiary of EasyJet agreed to increase the base salary of cabin crew by 7.5 percent and pay the “Macron bonus” of €3,000 to all flight attendants – a proposal that unions accepted.

Other airlines have threatened to walk out during the Christmas holiday period.  

READ MORE: How strikes will affect travel between France and the UK this Christmas

Air France cabin crew published a strike notice in November, promising “strong mobilisation” if a contractual solution to replace the Collective Agreement between unions and management was not found. The threat had not been withdrawn as of December 14th.

Train services in France could also be impacted by industrial action over the Christmas (December 23rd through 26th) and New Year (December 30th to January 2nd) weekends, with unions representing conductors and ticket collectors threatening to strike during those days. You can read more HERE.

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France’s SNCF to offer high-speed passenger links in Italy

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“Italy is a natural market for high speed, with 56 million passengers per year,” said Alain Krakovitch, head of intercity TGV (high-speed train) services at SNCF Voyageurs.

“But it’s a market that’s yet to mature, with many passengers still to bring in.”

SNCF plans eventually to offer nine daily return services between Turin, Milan, Rome and Naples, as well as four Turin-Venice trains.

The French heavyweight moved into Spain with intercity services in 2021, and has seen Trenitalia itself look to pick up business in France on the profitable Paris-Lyon line.

SNCF hopes to claim 15 percent of the Italian high-speed market within a decade, or 10 million passengers per year.

In Spain, it has built its passenger base to 20 percent with its low-cost Ouigo service.

European business already accounts for one-third of SNCF’s annual high-speed revenues, or €3 billion.

The publicly owned firm is also responding to explosive demand for rail travel at home in France.

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