Air France is to cut 1,500 jobs, mostly among ground staff, by the end of 2022, union sources told AFP on Thursday, though the company declined to confirm the figures pending negotiations with labour representatives. Unions said the airline would avoid forced layoffs and would come instead through natural attrition, mainly from support departments in human resources, logistics and the like. Air France, for its part, said that "discussions are still under way" with unions. esp/mlr/js/wai