Air France unions want to halt flights to China due to virus

📆 2020/01/31 06:30:00
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Lufthansa and British Airways have suspended flights, Egyptair will do so from Saturday — now cabin crew wants Air France-KLM to do the same

Air France jets at Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris, France. Picture: REUTERS

The main Air France flight attendants’ unions asked managers at a meeting on Wednesday to end the flights to Beijing and Shanghai, officials at the UNAC and SNPNC unions said. European rivals, including Lufthansa and British Airways, have suspended China operations, but Air France and its Dutch stablemate KLM have maintained services on a reduced schedule reflecting a slump in demand.

Timelapse video shot at Melbourne's Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity shows a sample of the coronavirus successfully growing in the laboratory.The call for a halt to China flights was raised during a full works council on Thursday, and some pilots’ representatives also backed the demand, union officials said.

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