On Tuesday 10 September, the airline easyJet announced its intention to close its base at Toulouse airport and launch a voluntary redundancy plan that would affect around thirty employees in France.
Presented to the representative bodies of the staff, “The proposal to close the Toulouse base is due to a combination of factors, including a slower post-Covid recovery and inflationary pressure” that affects “easyJet’s ability to invest more in France”the British airline explained in a press release.
Currently, two easyJet aircraft are based in Toulouse and serve twenty destinations. “is committed” however continue “serve Toulouse as a destination and offer flights to Toulouse.”
Around thirty departures planned by the company
More generally, easyJet’s plans “the transfer of an aircraft from Roissy to Orly and a limited voluntary departure plan for cabin crew at three of the company’s French bases”with a target of thirty employees out of a current workforce of 1,800. “Our proposal does not envisage any forced exit”assured the director of easyJet for France, Bertrand Godinot.
At the same time, the company “It wants to continue to develop in France and is anticipating, in particular, a capacity growth of more than 5% this winter”according to the press release.
