France - Free flights denounced
July 7, 2013, Sunday
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A union representing workers at Air France criticized the airline on Wednesday for giving former first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy a free Paris-to-New York flight despite losses and job cuts at the struggling airline.
Bruni-Sarkozy, the former model and singer who married then-president Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008, flew on June 23 to New York, where she was promoting her latest album.
Under a longstanding tradition, former French presidents and their families are allowed to fly for free on partly state-owned Air France. But labor activists said it was time to rethink that policy now that the airline has announced plans to cut thousands of jobs.
Bruni-Sarkozy, the former model and singer who married then-president Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008, flew on June 23 to New York, where she was promoting her latest album.
Under a longstanding tradition, former French presidents and their families are allowed to fly for free on partly state-owned Air France. But labor activists said it was time to rethink that policy now that the airline has announced plans to cut thousands of jobs.
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