Air
France pilots say they will pursue their strike indefinitely, rejecting the
airline's offer to attempt to resolve the dispute.
Air
France offered to suspend plans to expand its budget carrier Transavia.
But
the pilots' SNPL union described that move as a "smokescreen" that
offered no more guarantees than previous offers.
Air
France's chief executive Alexandre de Juniac warned the strike could have
"catastrophic consequences".
The
eight-day-old strike is the airline's longest since 1998 and has been costing
15m euros (£11.8m; $19.3m) a day.
Jean-Louis
Barber, head of the Air France section of the SNPL union said: "As long as
management does not change its philosophy and as long as Air France management
will not conduct real talks in a
