{"id":122352,"date":"2017-02-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/boost-air-france-klms-new-low-cost-division\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T14:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T12:17:20","slug":"boost-air-france-klms-new-low-cost-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/boost-air-france-klms-new-low-cost-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Boost: Air France KLM&#8217;s New Low-Cost Division"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Air France KLM pilots have accepted the creation of a long-haul low-cost airline, an idea proposed by the group&#8217;s chairman, Jean-Marc Janaillac.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Consulted through a referendum, Air France KLM pilots, represented by the SNPL union, voted 58.1% in favor of establishing Boost, the airline group&#8217;s low-cost division. The pilots approved the proposal to establish Boost after management modified the proposed compensation reduction from 15% to 1.5%.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The company&#8217;s director, Jean-Marc Janaillac, previously stated that it is necessary to establish a medium and long-haul low-cost company to face competition from airlines in the Persian Gulf.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Boost will have 10 aircraft by 2020, but without first class, only business and economy classes.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>By establishing Boost, pilot costs will be reduced by 15%, and flight attendant costs by 40% compared to Air France-KLM.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wall-street.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Wall-Street<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What is Boost?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Boost is the new long-haul low-cost division of the Air France KLM group, designed to improve the group&#8217;s competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why was the Boost division created?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The primary goal is to compete more effectively with major airlines from the Persian Gulf on long-haul routes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How will Boost achieve lower operating costs?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pilot costs will be 15% lower and flight attendant costs will be 40% lower compared to standard Air France KLM operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air France KLM pilots have accepted the creation of a long-haul low-cost airline, an idea proposed by the group&#8217;s chairman, Jean-Marc Janaillac. Consulted through a referendum, Air France KLM pilots, represented by the SNPL union, voted 58.1% in favor of establishing Boost, the airline group&#8217;s low-cost division. The pilots approved the proposal to establish Boost&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2856],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-122352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conectivity"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/transport-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122352"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=122352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}