KLM under mother’s guardianship in Paris | Financial

The appointment was received with dismay at KLM’s headquarters in Amstelveen. “At a time when cutbacks are needed, the board is expanding with a non-existent function. The third in a row, ”says a source.

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KLM is now engaged in a battle with the unions to arrive at a wage sacrifice of up to 20%. Insiders point out that Ben Smith is abusing the current slow pace of talks between KLM management and unions about the restructuring of KLM to take more power. His confidant Angus Clarke had already been given a strategic position at Air France and a separate position was created for KLM employee Pieter Bootsma in Paris when a Frenchman was needed to manage commerce.

KLM’s works council has taken note of the appointment, or director Dario Fucci confirms to De Telegraaf. “Carkaxhija has no role in KLM’s transformation. It is getting very busy in the holding with all kinds of appointments that follow each other in quick succession. We focus on KLM ”, he says.

Due to the corona crisis, air traffic is still largely flat and Air France KLM has much less income. Banks, the French and Dutch States have a total of € 10.4 billion in loans available. There must also be a so-called ‘state agent’ who will supervise the correct use of state aid at KLM and the correct compliance with the conditions. Only KLM has the requirement that costs have to be reduced by 15%.

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“The hydrocephalus in Paris is being made bigger again. As I read it, the holding wants to submit a restructuring plan about the restructuring plan to KLM. Kolder, an extra party in the already busy consultation structure with Minister Hoekstra, trade unions, management and works council ”, says chairman Rob Swankhuizen with the Dutch Trade Union of Aviation Technicians. “We try to survive here at KLM.”

KLM does not comment on the appointment of the cost agent. Air France has so far failed to bring costs down. Last year, these increased in the first full year under CEO Smith. The French government has also not made state aid a condition that Air France personnel must surrender salary just as they do with KLM. This creates skewed relationships within the French-Dutch aviation combination.

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