Originally Posted by
DALMD88FO
Well at least they are replacing the departing aircraft with aircraft the same size. We are losing 747's, 757's and 767's and replacing them with A330's and 737-900's.
Not actually. The 747 and A340's will be replaced with smaller airframes. That's actually not a good thing for us as it allows them more flights within the joint venture. We currently fly about 370,000 block hours a year across the Atlantic. AF/KLM fly only 200,000. Block hours equals jobs.
By the way we flew around 400,000 block hours in 2011. AF/KLM flew about 235,000 back then. Carls fantasy that we took the cuts not AF/KLM is simply not true. Both sides dropped flights.