French government calls on Airbus to make as few compulsory job cuts as possible

PARIS (Reuters) – The French government is urging Airbus to make as few compulsory redundancies as possible, French junior transport minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari told BFM TV on Wednesday.

Airbus announced on Tuesday 15,000 job cuts – including 5,000 in France – saying its future was at stake after the coronavirus outbreak paralysed air travel.

Djebbari also said trade unions had cited the possibility of 7,500 job cuts at Air France .

(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta, editing by Louise Heavens)