... starting in 2015, Air France will hive off non-core routes to low-cost subsidiaries Hop! and Transavia. Passengers will have to get used to a different type of product, one which may lead to lower levels of service. Some routes may be dropped altogether.
A similar development is now seen in Germany where Lufthansa is transferring all non-hub shortish flights (in other words, those flights not serving either Frankfurt or Munich) to low-cost subsidiaries Germanwings and Eurowings.
That is the reality of airline life in the 21st century, at least they know they have to change.
But Air France will need agreement from its unions before any changes can be implemented. And, as expected, the unions are not happy. The pilots’ union has already called for a strike next month, on a date yet to be announced.
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that is 20th century who do not know that they have to change. No, it's not nice but since the rest of the world has already decided on this, the alternative route is to join Alitalia.