Volotea Fined in Nantes for Excessive Working Hours and French Labor Compliance

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Volotea, the Spanish airline, faced a ruling in Nantes, in northwestern France, with a penalty of 247,500 euros for multiple cases that exceeded the legally permitted working hours.

The Nantes police court issued the sanction, while 66,000 euros was suspended from payment, attributed to the company’s human resources manager.

Judges rejected Volotea’s argument that it was unaware of the specific regulatory differences; French rules were found to diverge from European standards that sometimes allow more working time for pilots and cabin crew.

The court indicated that the airline should have been aware of French labor provisions when establishing operations in the country.

Violations were identified by labor inspectors between April and September 2018.

Volotea, ranked among France’s top five airlines by activity, was previously convicted last September by the Bordeaux court for employing contract pilots in Spain at lower labor costs as if they were local employees in that country.

According to company plans, France was expected to account for a significant share of Volotea’s activity this year, with about half of its services and more than five million seats offered, representing a 54% increase compared with 2019, the year before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The airline maintains a workforce of more than 600 employees in France and operates across seven hubs including Nantes, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Strasbourg, Nice and Marseille, with Lille added on April 1.

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