Air France makes overtures to end strike

Paris - Air France on Wednesday offered to withdraw plans to expand the low-cost operations of its Transavia brand and called on pilots to end their strike over the proposals.

"This proposition addresses the concerns of the social partners and brings a new guarantee that there will be no delocalisation (of jobs)," the airline said in a statement.

The pilots have been on strike for 10 days and have grounded about half of the airline's scheduled flights.