The SNPL's spokesman Guillaume Schmid told AFP the pilots were ending the protest -- which has cost Air France more than 200 million euros (USD 250 million) -- so that negotiations over budget carrier Transavia can go ahead "in a calmer climate".
Talks over the issue have been deadlocked. The latest round, which ended early today, "did not suit us," Schmid said.
The pilots are fighting for a "single contract" across Air France-KLM and its subsidiaries to avoid being forced to accept less attractive working conditions at Transavia, which serves holiday destinations across Europe and the Mediterranean.
A Transavia captain earns up to 160,000 euros a year but clocks up significantly more flights. Co-pilots on both airlines earn roughly the same amount at the beginning of their careers, according to sources.
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