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Ten flights of Royal Air Maroc (RAM) were canceled Friday and others could experience disruption, said the company, plagued by acute social tensions with its pilots.
These ten flights involve links between Casablanca (west), which houses the main airport platform of the kingdom, and three European countries (France, Spain, Italy). Four others could experience disturbances, said the Royal Air Maroc (RAM).
"The company fears the consequences in this period of high attendance, marked by the return of Moroccans from the diaspora, while the hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) is approaching, "an official of the RAM told AFP.
In an internal note, the Moroccan Airline Pilots Association, which refutes the term" strike "used by the management, urged Wednesday its members to apply certain "resolutions", with less "flexibility" on working hours and penalty payments.
"Bidding claims"
While negotiations have recently been conducted to reach an agreement, the boss of the company, Abdelhamid Addou, lamented "the lack of willingness to reach a compromise," denouncing a "bidding over claims."
The airline pilots demand improvement of working conditions as well as a revaluation of salaries, today around 150,000 dirhams (13,500 euros) per month, according to the local press
The National Federation of Air Transport, affiliated to the Moroccan Union of Labor (UMT), the largest union in the country, on Thursday called on both parties to begin "a constructive dialogue" to "avoid" a scenario similar to 2009.
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Extensive development on the African continent
The North African company, 97% owned by the state, had gone through a period of crisis, which had pushed it two years later to set up a social plan to redress a "critical situation."
She returned to balance in 2012 before embarking on a vast development on the African continent.
Founded 60 years old by Moroccan State Following the merger of Air Atlas and Air Maroc, the RAM currently has some 3,220 employees, as well as a fleet of 58 aircraft serving 80 cities.
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