Carla Bruni's free flights anger Air France union
Source: The Guardian
During the last French presidential election campaign, Carla Bruni claimed she was so down to earth she wore a wig to travel on the Paris metro in disguise.
But it seems that the millionaire folk-singer and wife of former president Nicolas Sarkozy still has a taste for luxury travel and state freebies.
A trade union at the national airline Air France has voiced outrage after Bruni enjoyed a free return flight from Paris to New York while promoting her new album in the US last month. Air France also paid the €500 (£428) airport taxes for her.
The SUD union complained that free tickets for VIPs were scandalous at a time when the airline is telling staff its financial situation is "catastrophic". Air France has been undergoing major restructuring and is trying to cut its debt by €2bn by 2015 with significant job losses.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2013/jul/04/carla-bruni-free-flights-union
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