The coming to Reunion Island of Jean-François Carenco, Minister of Overseas, from February 16 to 18, was an opportunity to take a first look at the restructuring of Air Austral. Public shareholders (Region, Department and CCI Meeting) and private companies grouped together in the company Runair provided the minister with some indications on the first decisions which will be taken soon. Michel Deleflie, leader of private investors, suggested that technical flight crews should fly more for equivalent pay. Likewise, salaries will remain frozen in 2023 and general management will be “stripped down”. “If the company was in bad shape, it’s that certain things weren’t going well.”, commented the minister after a meeting with the new management team. The question of maintaining deficit lines remains unresolved. Chennai services, an Inside, or Seychelles could pay the price for the redefinition of the Air Austral flight program. Many other topics have not yet been answered, starting with commercial agreements with other companies, called for by Paris and Brussels.
