OUR ACTIONS TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY
45.6%
women at Air France in 2022
Our actions to promote diversity
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Air France’s diversity is based on everything we represent as men and women, of all ages and different socio-professional backgrounds, united around our differences and respect for others. Each of our talents is unique and make up the diversity of our skills!
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Air France continues to implement actions to promote diversity and equal opportunities and works on a daily basis to foster an inclusive work environment.
Our main actions -
- Promoting diversity at all levels and in all sectors of the company,
- Supporting the professional integration of people with disabilities,
- Providing young people from local vicinities with training and employment opportunities,
- Creating a more inclusive environment for LGBT+ staff,
- Promoting measures to accompany seniors through the second half of their career,
- Raising awareness among staff about stereotypes and unconscious biases,
- Developing managers’ awareness of inclusive management.
GENDER EQUALITY
In January 2022, Air France signed its 6th three-year agreement on gender equality.
This agreement sets out concrete measures to promote Air France women’s access to positions of responsibility, increase the number of women in management committees, ensure equality, particularly in terms of pay, promote access for women to technical professions that remain male-dominated, and improve working conditions for parents.
It also aims to fight sexism and sexual harassment, and support women who are victims of violence.
Air France has signed -
- The #StOpE commitment act, on 4th December 2018, to fight against so-called ordinary sexism at work.
- The “Feminizing airline professions” charter, on 8th March, 2022.
Key figures
OUR ACTIONS TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY
28%
women in the management committees
OUR ACTIONS TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY
89/100
Professional equality index at 1st March, 2024
Details of indicators concerning the professional gender equality index
- Indicator 1 measuring the pay gap between women and men: 39/40
- Indicator 2 measuring the difference in individual increase rates (excluding promotions) between women and men: 20/20
- Indicator 3 measuring the gap in promotion rates between women and men: 15/15
- Indicator 4 measuring the percentage of employees who received an increase in the year following their return from maternity leave: 15/15
- Indicator 5 measuring the number of employees of the under-represented sex among the 10 employees having received the highest remuneration: 0/10
SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE
Air France actively supports local initiatives to fight exclusion and promote mobility within these areas. The company offers young people the opportunity to discover its professions and sectors of activity, to inspire professional vocations, deconstruct stereotypes, facilitate education and career guidance and access to employment.
- AIREMPLOI: carries out actions in the field with young people, schools, companies and local authorities in an aim to promote the diversity of available careers in aviation. Find out more.
- Tous en stage: offers students in their last year of secondary school from disadvantaged areas a first experience in the world of work.
- Article 1 and NQT: accompanies students from modest backgrounds in their secondary school studies and offers young graduates professional experience through mentoring. Find out more about Article 1 and NQT
- L’AFMAé, the CFA apprentice training centre for careers in aviation: trains future air transport professionals. L’AFMAé notably offers work/study training programmes, preparing young people for qualifications and industry certification in conjunction with the French national education system, professional sectors and the regions. Find out more
- JEREMY, (Jeunes en recherche d’emploi à Roissy et Orly) provides training courses adapted to a dozen professions in the airport operations sector. Intended for young people without a job in the Paris region, these training courses are open to people officially recognized as disabled workers (RQTH). Find out more
Key figures
OUR ACTIONS TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY
300
young people received training or professional experience in 2022
OUR ACTIONS TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY
1,874
young people on a work/study contract at Air France
OUR ACTIONS TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY
> 100
Elles Bougent mentors sharing their experience with young people
DISABILITY
Committed to the cause for over 30 years, Air France is continuing its actions in favour of recruiting and maintaining employment for people with disabilities. Some 1,900 staff are officially recognized as having a disability and the company can make specific arrangements for them where necessary such as adjusted work spaces and adapted working hours. Particular attention is paid to the recruitment of people with disabilities and selection conditions are adapted to guarantee equal opportunities for candidates (sign language interpreter, part-time, etc.).
Partner associations
- Arpejeh (of which Air France is a founding member) which works with young people from secondary school age to promote training and qualifications for disabled pupils and students. Find out more
- Le Goéland, the association supporting Air France staff whose families are affected by disability. Find out more
LGBT+
Air France is committed to preventing discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation, and to fostering an inclusive work environment in which all employees can be themselves.
In May 2019, Air France signed the LGBT+ Commitment Charter of l'Autre Cercle, an association that fights workplace discrimination linked to sexual orientation and gender identity.
Air France has supported Personn'Ailes, the LGBT-friendly association for Air France employees, since its creation in 2001, and works closely with them on awareness-raising initiatives.
